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Missouri

Day 23 Recap; Halfway point & rest

June 29, 2010

Due to weight concerns, we chose not to pack the old Texas Instrument calculators from our West Point math class days, so we’re not sure if we’ve traveled half the miles we need to, but now that we’ve reached Kansas City, Missouri, one look at a map assures us that we’ve pretty much made it [...]

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Day 22 Recap; Tebbetts Community Barbecue

June 28, 2010

After eating half a dozen or so breakfast sandwiches at a small market in McKittrick, MO we continued down the Katy Trail towards Kansas City. We were promptly met by thunderstorm number one for the day. The pelting rain was actually a nice distraction from the stifling Midwest heat and humidity. After the storm let [...]

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Day 20 Recap; Saint Louis at our back!

June 26, 2010

With the Gateway Arch at our backs, we’ve officially hit the western part of America. Now we just need to get through a bunch of farms, some prairies, the rockies, several deserts and follow the Pacific Ocean all the way down to Los Angeles and we’ll be done. We made it from Salem, Illinois to [...]

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