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Wutheringbikes Home -- TransAm Bike Ride
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Saturday 10th July 2004
Houston Motel, Houston to City Park, Marshfield. A day of easy cycling for
the most part - and 64 miles were covered. Easy because it's just a big
undulating plateau, even though technically it is the Ozark Hills, still.
Nice conversation at Ben Davis - convenience store owner commented on London
(seen on TV) - 'All those buses - who'd want to live in that sort of crowd'
- well there's no crowd at Ben Davis which has a population, optimistically,
of about 10. It's very wide horizons country. The owner of the store told
us that it wouldn't be good to swim in the pools of water in the fields
- apparently the turtles in them are vicious - he finds them hanging on
to his cows udders by their teeth! Having helped a turtle off the road the
other day, I saw what he meant. It gave me a look that said "touch
me again and I'll bite". The convenience store at Ben Davis has a cycle
log - excellent! Nice to have a coffee in air conditioning while the heat
rages outside. There's no hassle in Ben Davis - no queueing, no crowds,
just a lot of space. Neither are there any jobs, I guess! We met a Virginian
cyclist in Hartville - heading East, and a bit on his own after the even
greater emptiness of Kansas. Made me realise that having someone to talk
to can be a great help in a big bike ride. Mark Hollinger has a Web
Site. We camped free in Marshfield - by a closed swimming pool (closed
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