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Back to Story Photo Gallery: Pittsburg, KS to Ellington, MO |
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| After 711 miles of Kansas, we are ready for... |
...the "Show-Me" state |
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| The welcoming committee greets us as we bike into Missouri | Corn harvest is under way | |
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| An ivy covered silo | Mobile bee hives | |
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| A rustic barn west of Golden City, MO | We were handed this biker's book at a lunch stop | |
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| The Missouri roads are marked from A to Z | Yellow wildflowers | |
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| We have reached the hills! | Here's another hill if you're not convinced it's hilly | |
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| Ash Grove, MO remembers their railroad heritage with a mural | We stayed at this "cyclists only" bed and breakfast | |
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| We "hopped over" to Columbus, IN for the Midwest Tandem Rally | A police escort for the mass start of 500 tandem bicycles | |
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| Tandem riders enjoy the southern Indiana countryside | This young rider appears to be having fun | |
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| This team is all smiles as they ride their triplet bike. | Wonderful fruits, cookies and refreshments for the riders | |
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| Yet another triplet flying down the road | This recumbent tandem can carry special cargo | |
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| This family on a quint looks like they're in sync... | ...as they sustain their fast pace | |
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| Back to Missouri and ,,,, the hills! | A big barn seen west of Fair Grove, MO | |
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| Two John Deere classics | Chasing our shadow near Marshfield, MO | |
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| Grazing dairy cattle | Old barn west of Hartville, MO | |
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| Historic, downtown Hartville | Horses in the Ozarks | |
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| Randall displays five fingers for ..... 5,000 miles! | Old country schoolhouse near Bendavis, MO | |
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| Cattle grazing in the Ozarks | Lookout tower west of Houston, MO | |
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| A foggy, morning ride | Here, you can get groceries and chat a while | |
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| Horse barn southeast of Yukon, MO | Goats seen west of Summersville, MO | |
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| Canoeing on Jacks Fork River | Cutting through the clear water | |
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| We had a strong urge for college football (TV) and John helped us out | Historic, downtown Eminence, MO | |
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| This restaurant offered us a different kind of saddle to sit on | What scenery (and what a workout!) | |
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| We're going down, down, down | The Current River offered beautiful reflections | |
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| These hills are something else! | Hills like this one destroyed our small chain ring | |
| More album photos 1 of 2 | ||
| Midwest Tandem Rally 2004 | ||
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