After crossing the Mississippi River, my introduction to Missouri was marked by a brutal head wind blowing across the flat Mississippi River floodplain. Once I got away from the wind into the rolling hills, Missouri had another wonderful welcome in store. At the first glimpse of a roadkill armadillo I thought, "Woah, cool, I'm really in the South now." Then I got closer to it.
Now let me preface by saying that I've been doing long bike rides since I was 8 years old, so roadkill and the associated smell is certainly not new to me. But this bundle of joy was a bit of a surprise to me. It must be the armored shell that concentrates the gag-itude. And the linger, I mean when you ride past a skunk it's gross for about 20 yards but then it quickly fades away, not so with these lovelies. So, in summary, I'm glad to get to see wildlife but I'm hoping that there won't be many more armadillos on the route. But with how slow and stupid they are I won't hold my breath. Or maybe I will.
Today was a shorter day than intended, but Farmington is a nice little town that should allow us to get some work done and dry out after last night's thunderstorm. Our accomodations tonight are pretty unique. We're staying in the Farmington Fire Department's Mobile Command Unit. The bus has two TVs with cable, a microwave, electrical outlets, amazing air conditioning, cots and couches for sleeping. This is the life.
Speaking of the life, we spent a good bit of the day at the local pool/waterpark, nothing like a ride in the Lazy River to help relax sore legs. To cap off a day of roughing it in the wilderness, the ice cream truck came by to make sure that we are keeping up on our quick sugars. I'll take the Batman popsicle, thank you very much.
From the Mississippi River to an elaborate waterpark, today has been a day of reminders of our great water resources and the luxury that they afford us.
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