We woke at 5 am, and began biking at 5:50 am. We passed a buffalo farm and nearly caused a stampede as we rode by. Lorraine joked that we were “pedaling for pies” because we planned on stopping at Cooky’s Cafe in Golden City, Missouri – they are famous among bikers for having 20 different kinds of pies! We had 6 slices – one chocolate, one coconut cream, two strawberry, and two blackberry.
The hills became like a roller coaster ride – and we haven’t ridden hills at all since we left Colorado. In Everton, we stopped to get sodas and Lenny noticed that one of his spokes had pulled a round chunk of the rim out. The wheel was still true, but we were afraid that the rim might collapse if he rode on it.
A few days ago, we had arranged for Lenny’s colleague Curtis Horton and his wife Becky to pick us up in Walnut Grove. We called them and asked if they could pick us up here instead. Curtis and his son Andrew rescued us and our bikes. Andrew (who is 8 years old) gave us a $10 donation toward the scholarship fund. Curtis showed us where he grew up in Willard; we also rode past his office and then came to his home. He has a gorgeous new house on 10 acres of land. We met Becky’s sister Bonnie & her husband Gerald Burkhart, who live next door. We also met another sister Pat Hoppis, who lives near Walnut Grove. She is a mail carrier and has a jeep with the steering wheel on the right side of the car!
We got settled in, played with their pets, and went swimming just as it was starting to rain. We floated in the pool as the rain poured down, but got out when we heard thunder. Suddenly, the wind started blowing at about 60 mph; it was pushing the hanging ferns out sideways and moving Andrew’s swingset across the yard for about 2 minutes. We saw our photos on the website for the first time (we haven’t had access to the internet for awhile). Lenny played Nintendo, and Andrew kicked his butt! We had a delicious dinner of steak, corn, salad, wild rice casserole and the best carrot cake we’ve ever had.
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