July 16, Ellington, MO
Pictures: Tit-for-tat between feuding Missouri neighbors.
Today was very unpleasant. It started with a change in end-points. Initially I was to ride to Eminence, there to reconnect with Dee and Richard, two cycling companions who rode ahead while I sought medical care in Larned, KS. They were going to take a rest day in Eminence while I rode from Ellington, about 60 miles away.
When I inquired about adding another day at their motel they were told the motel was booked and that they would have to leave this morning. The closest town with a motel was in Ellington, 27 miles east. They booked rooms for us all of us and rode there. My problem was that instead of a 60-mile day, I now had an 80+-mile day. To make things even harder this section of the entire TransAm route is considered, by far, the most difficult because of the number of very steep climbs it contains. Adding to my ride were temperatures in the mid 90s with humidity about the same.
It was one hell of a day.
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