John Dilsaver and I rode this permanent on Saturday. It is the toughest local permanent with 8,930 feet of climb. Fortunately, we picked a great day to ride. It was mostly overcast with no wind. We managed to avoid the rain that was predicted. It was a pretty unremarkable ride. We were chased by a few dogs and saw historic buildings; Texas longhorns; mules; great blue herons as we crossed Pomme de Terre Lake; a bevy of quail in the road and lots of goldfinches feeding along the road. As we were pulling into Humansville on Business MO Highway 13, a couple of ambulances came screaming the other way. When we got into town, we saw a van that had slammed into a telephone pole. We heard later at Nana's Country Cafe that the driver was a local and had a heart attack. Nana's was decorated with a John Deer theme.
John at the 6:00AM start
Control in Buffalo
We saw mules
Lunch stop in Humansville
We saw Texas longhorns, but they stampeded
away when they saw the camera
Log one-room schoolhouse just north of
Fair Grove in Dallas County
Log cabin next to the school house
W.C. Potter House (circa 1888) north of
Fair Grove on FR 221
