Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Day 24: Bartlesville, OK to Neosho, MO – October 7, 2008

Miles: 112 Miles
Ride Time: 6 hours 23 minutes
Avg. Speed: 17.6 Mph
Total Climbing: 3294 feet
Work: 3245 kJ

We finished up with Oklahoma today after riding across it for almost 6 days. We reached Missouri at mile 90. All day it was cloudy with drizzle off and on but it only really rained on us briefly. Eastern Oklahoma has nice roads so they were not a factor. And the winds were out of the west which provided a nice tail wind most of the day as we headed east to Missouri.

I wish we had more sun so I could take photos because Eastern Oklahoma is a lot more pleasant to ride through then the Panhandle. Our route was very scenic since as we stayed off of the main roads for most of the way.

I rode with Greg and Dave all day since Hollywood was still not able to ride. Nobody had a flat today so we made good time.

We crossed into Missouri and we took our customary “Welcome” photo. As we continued along we found Missouri totally different than Oklahoma.

Dave 2008 10 07_1949

Missouri 2008 10 07_1951

The trees and hills become much greener. It is as if they drew the border along a climate zone. We road on old Route 60 and we were surrounded by lush green trees. It was a very nice ride into Neosho. We topped off our 112 mile ride with chocolate milk shakes and burgers at Shoney’s. A few hours later we ate dinner. I love this cross country diet.

Today’s photos at Flickr.
All Photo sets at Flickr

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