day 32

1 July 2008



We rode through an area with lot of Amish people today. They had signs up warning of carriages. We passed one going the other way but I wasn't able to get a picture until it was way down the road. It was a very hot day.

Dallin and Haley have been really excited to ride with us, so we tried to make it happen today. The roads for the last couple days have been narrow, with no shoulder, and lots of cars. So we tried to pick a spot that was ok for them to ride. In the end we met up with them in one of the towns on the route and they rode on the sidewalk next to the road for a bit.

We've seen armadillos killed on the road the last few days. I had no idea they were in this area. We talked to someone who said that they have only come into this area in the last few years. She also said there's not much hope of seeing one during the day, because they only come out at night.

We are staying at a Family Youth Center, in Summersville, MO. It has a roller rink, and horses, and a playground and grass area. It is very neat. The owner runs it mainly off donations, I guess, and charges next to nothing for kids to come use it. We took the kids over to rollerskate for a bit. They had a lot of fun.

We rode 89 miles.