DAY 2….DOWN AND DIRTY OR MORE LIKE….DOWN AND WET! 350 MILES!

WE DELAYED DEPARTING DOVER, TN BY 3.5 HOURS SO THE RAIN COULD STOP.  THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT IDEA FOR ABOUT THE FIRST HALF MILE!  THEN IT RAINED AGAIN FOR THE NEXT 200+ MILES.  I DIDN’T REALIZE TN, KY, IL, AND MO ALL HAD A TYPHOON SEASON!  OBVIOUSLY I’M RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT!

CAN’T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE GOOD PEOPLE AT THE DOVER HOTEL.  WHEN WE CHECKED IN YESTERDAY, THE ROOMS WERE A LITTLE SCREWED UP. WHEN WE CAME BACK FROM DINNER, I HAD A NOTE ON MY DOOR TO COME TO THE OFFICE.  WHILE AT DINNER SOMEONE CHECKED OUT EARLY.  THEY CLEANED THE ROOM AND MOVED HERB INTO IT TO BE ON FIRST FLOOR.  THEN TOLD US TO PULL OUR BIKES UP UNDER THE SIDEWALK!  THIS MORNING/AFTERNOON WHILE WAITING AROUND FOR RAIN TO STOP, ONE OF THE HOUSE KEEPERS GAVE US HIS CAR TO GO GET LUNCH!  AWESOME PLACE AND PEOPLE!

THE LAST 100 MILES TODAY WAS GREAT RIDING THROUGH THE MARK TWAIN FOREST.  MADE IT TO LICKING, MO!  I WOULD CALL IT A “ONE HORSE” TOWN, BUT THAT IS GIVING IT TWICE THE CREDIT FOR SIZE. 

WENT TO THE WRONG HOTEL AT FIRST.  NON-AMERICAN OWNED!  SHE ASKED IF WE HAD DISCOUNT?  I THEN SAID, “YOU TOLD ME YOU DON’T GIVE DISCOUNT SO YOU CAN KEEP PRICES DOWN.”  WANTED TO CHARGE $60.  I ASKED WHERE THE OTHER HOTEL WAS IN TOWN.  SHE SAID, “I NO KNOW!  SOMEWHERE IN THAT DIRECTION.”  LOL, IT WAS 200 YARDS DOWN THE ROAD!  WHAT A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!  SUPER CLEAN, VERY FRIENDLY, AMERICAN OWNED AND ONLY $37!  BITE ME OTHER HOTEL!

FOR DINNER…..SONIC BURGER!  LIKE I SAID…LESS THAN A ONE HORSE TOWN!

TOMORROW IT IS KANSAS CITY AND THE WWI MEMORIAL.  YES TANK, I LOOKED UP THE WIZARD OF OZ MUSEUM FOR YOUR WIFE.  IT’S NOT CLOSE.  (NOT THAT I WOULD HAVE GONE BY FOR HER)  IT’S OVER BY WAMEGO, KS.

ONE LAST STORY…CAME UP TO AN INTERSECTION TODAY.  ONE DOG WAS LYING ON THE SIDE LIKE HE HAD BEEN HIT.  HIS PARTNER ON THE OTHER SIDE JUST PROTECTING HIM. (I THOUGHT)  IT SADDENED ME.  THEN AS I CUT THE CORNER TO LOOK, THE “SLEEPING” DOG LOOKED UP LIKE, “THANKS PAL FOR WAKING ME THE HELL UP, NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!”  LOL, THEY HAD THE WHOLE INTERSECTION PINNED DOWN SO THEY COULD SLEEP IN THE CORNERS!  SMART DOGS!

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“YOU KNOW MORE OF A ROAD BY HAVING TRAVELED IT THAN BY ALL THE CONJECTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS IN THE WORLD!”

WILL HAZLITT