more of missouri...

right now we are stopped for lunch and afternoon break in carrollton, missouri, quite the lovely town. the library is well air conditioned and pleasant. last night we stayed in the lovely slater christian church of slater, missouri. so much gratitude to the kind folks there who opened up their church to us (including some pretty comfy pew cushions), and cooked us not only dinner but breakfast too. (and i was SO excited for that fruit and yogurt!!). the last few days have been really long and quite warm. we spent some time on the katy trail, which was at times quite pleasant, and at other times, really hot and monotonous. also gravelly. while we were originally scheduled to ride through all of missouri on the katy trail, but, due to flooding we've moved to state routes, complete with many "rolling" hills.

at one of our shorter stops yesterday, at a fantastic convenience/general/antique store that also had costume jewelry, i got an excellent pair of earrings with unicorns on them.

the most exciting news of the afternoon, aside from a great pot of chili, is that our adventures are being written up in the carrollton democrat, the local newspaper. thanks to pauline and mary for bringing us over to the newspaper office and not letting us get away until the story had been reported.

two more days until kansas!

love,
linden