Today's Mileage: 49
Total Mileage: 2677
We woke up nice and late, sleeping in until 7:30 after our evening out at the bar. Breakfast was short and sweet at the Triangle store, but we managed to meet a cool local guy who talked our ears off, even though, he assured us, he was the "quiet type."
A few more miles took us over the Pomme-de-Terre dam and back to our normal route. We stopped at a couple of gas stations for refreshments, but mostly just rode hard. Again, the hills were endless.
We were sad to say good-bye to Alpine Dave in Camdenton, where he parted ways with us. He managed to complete a grand total of 1500 miles on the trip, roughly halfway across the country, depending on how you slice it.
There was no camping to be had in Camdenton, so we continued on a few miles to Ozark Trails Campground in Linn Creek. We were excited to have a pool, showers, and a game room to hang out in, but the walk up a steep, gravel road to the campsite nearly killed us.
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What's your "normal" route? What big cities, if any, are you planning on going through? Call me.
Maxine
Hey, good work on keeping the blog up to date. I was especially impressed with how quickly the update for day 52 went up. I had just talked to you during your rest stop and the whole day was there by time I got home. But by being so efficient, got days 48 and 49 switched, probably from posting them at the same time. The buzz here in San Diego is how proud everyone is for what you've done so far and how optimistic we are that you'll make it as planned. And the newspaper article is a big hit, as well. Needless to say, I'm sad I had to leave, too, but that's what happens when you have inconvenient obligations like work to attend to. Best of luck to the entire group. You're close to the home stretch!
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