Day 62

Even though we went to sleep late, we got an early start to the morning. On the road before 9...we knew it was going to be a good day. The weather was overcast, so the scorching sun wasn't at our faces. Within the first 1 mile, we had a steep climb. Lets say our legs weren't warmed up and we began sweating profusely. The rest of day was filled with rollers and the sweat ran faster down our entire bodies.

We stopped for lunch in Ellington. We were starving because we didn't eat any breakfast. I ordered a ranch double cheeseburger..thinking it was a double cheeseburger with ranch as the dressing. When it came out it seriously was a pound of meat with a little bit of lettuce and NO RANCH. I'm proud to say I was able to eat the whole thing. It was difficult for Kristen to enjoy her meal due to my greasy burger right in front of her face.

We rode to a small town called Pilot Knob and got dinner at our favorite place SUBWAY. Seriously we have been eating at Subway for the past 7 days. It's just economical to eat there. After eating we went to the city park to setup home under a pavilion. The park was right next to a famous Civil War Fort called Kaskia. We went into the visitor center and the tour guide named Brick gave us a history lesson about how the Union soldiers upheld the Fort from being overtaken by the Confederates.

Kristen had the itch to do the laundry cause we were running out of clean clothes. We walked across the street from the City Park to a motel to see if we could use their laundry and possibly jump into the pool (What we consider a shower!). Brent the manager on duty was kind enough to let us do both!

I want to thank the loyal fans of our blog. We appreciate everyone's support! Keep on keepin on!

Mark