Cape Girardeau to Ste. Genevieve, MO.

Yesterday as we were approaching Cape Girardeau, a local cyclist came up to Pat and I as were were taking a break. He wanted to know what all the bicycles were doing. He was excited about our ride and went to the motel, found our SAG driver (Georgia) for the day. He took her to the local body shop to have something repaired on "Bo Peep", the affectionate nickname for the SAG vehicle. He took women to the bike shop and he came back at dinner time with a local reporter.

Larry lived in Oak Harbor a few years ago and when he found out that I live in Mount Vernon, he asked if I would go to the Holiday Market on Highway 20 to see if they still sell Australian Outback hats.

This morning Larry came back to ride a for a bit with our group. Since Pat and I were the first to leave, he joined us. It was quite nice because he could tell us some of the things in town and out of town to look for. He rode with us for about 12 miles and then headed back to town.

When Pat and I got to Cape Girardeau yesterday, we joined a group that were going downtown to see the sea wall which has murals painted on it. Beautiful work that tells the history of the Mississippi and another that has pictures of famous people from Missouri. That includes Mark Twain, Walter Cronkite, and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

The ride today as well as yesterday were rolling hills. For the most part we like them in the morning and hate them by afternoon. Tomorrow we will be riding into St Louis and a day of rest.