I woke up this morning with two weather alerts: one for potential flooding along the Mississippi and one for the heat. I didn't get any flooding but it was brutally hot.
Started out the day early with 40 miles of flat terrain and then entered the Ozarks after crossing the Mississippi. They don't get very high (max elevation I'll be seeing is 1600') but man are they hilly. People say this part is harder than the Rockies, so I guess it's good to get this out of the way... only 300 more miles left!
Headwinds again, but they don't really matter when you're climbing at 5 mph.
Had my scariest dog encounter yet. I get chased by dogs... a lot. They usually just bark and chase a little until you get away from the property. This one was big and fast and very aggressive, making me swerve and unclip a shoe to avoid it. I should have given it a swift kick, but the owner was there (yelling at the dog to come back) and I was able to get away. Bah.
I had to do another 40 miles in the hills to get to a motel (I'm so tired): 82 in all (with a few shortcut miles again).
I'm now in Farmington, Missouri.
They letter their routes here.
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