I started out thinking this was going to be a sign of things to come. Hot spring days in full motorcycle gear. I applied my sunscreen and headed out to what was supposed to be St. Louis, MO.
I decided that I would ride the Scenic 7 Highway again, cause it's beautiful. I did, but got behind every slow moving truck, bus, car. I hit every red light possible. Bottom line it took me forever! I am not complaining, the ride was beautiful, it just took longer than I expected. On a sad not I came upon a group of bikers, ambulances, and police, tending to a fellow rider who had taken a fall. I bowed my head in support.
Pushing on hard trying to make St. Louis I finally gave in to the fact that I wouldn't. Knowing that I stopped off in Branson, MO to look for a hotel and see if it smelt like old people, as so many of these type places in Florida do. It was gorgeous! I will visit there again, but today I'm going to push on.
I continued on towards St. Louis, until stopping for a normal gas stop in Springfield, MO. While I was gasing up a woman pulled up to the pump and while filling up she was listening to her portable weather service radio. It was continually beeping off warnings and she said, "you better just stay here and head for an "Oklahoma whiney hole", that's where I'm going!"
I decided to stay and visit my friend Bill. When I left his house the skies opened up the floodgates. I was soaking wet by the time I arrived at my hotel for the night! Just happy to be dry that night.
Wandering...
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