state park after a french potato?) was very pleasant on our lakeside
property. I wouldn't say we had a great night's sleep though. It was
hot as anything last night, and our foray back into the world of
camping and away from the world of AC was tough. We even took a late
night dip in the lake to cool off and luckily the thunderstorms came
not far after to cool us off even more (after a mad scramble to secure
our belongings from the crazy wind). But neither heat nor
thunderstorms are conducive to sleeping, so we took a leisurely
morning to ease ourselves back onto the bike.
The riding today was quite pleasant if remote. We were definitely out
there on the country roads, and had some more good, steep hills. We've
left the hard part of the Ozarks by now though-Ozark is an
'Americanization' of the French 'aux arcs', interestingly. We again
increased our farming knowledge by learning about a new crop called
milo. If you ever see something that looks like stunted corn with a
large, fuzzy poofball on top, well, that's milo, a grain used to feed
barnyard animals that takes dry weather better than corn. Yes, we are
getting quite the farming education but have no immediate plans to
become farmgirls post-trip. Perhaps Kansas steer- raising will tempt
us more.
Our karma is up after today since we helped many turtles cross the
road. We did not want them to have the same fate as the armadillos. In
other animal news, we have caused many stampedes recently, whether of
the cow or horse variety. Hopefully one of these days a raging llama
or goat stampede will break out upon our passing.
The eminent and enigmatic Andy arrived today to join us biking for a
couple of days in Kansas. Anyone crazy enough to join us for the
headwinds is more than welcome!!
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