Hello Missouri

So right when I rode into Chester last night I ran into some other cyclists. Jim and Keith who I had lost after going up to Owensboro for a rabies shot. There was another cyclist with them, Bobby. They had kinda escorted me into town last night since 4 cyclists were enough to give the coal trucks a pause, but only a pause.

Anyway this morning we got up and moving early because we had heard the bridge across the Mississippi was worse than highway 3. I think if there weren't 4 of us it probably would have. But Keith was in the back with his gopro on recording everything and we didn't share the road so there was no issues.

The ride today was enjoyable. Having company, with mostly flat terrain, and even a tailwind! I even gotta experience an NP junction in person(engineering humor). Course all good things must come to an end. But not today. When we got to the town of Farmington what awaited us is the best hostel on the ride and possibly anywhere I've stayed. It was built in any old jail that had been remodeled the upstairs by the city into a 14 bunk hostel. Really well done, clean, comfortable, and convenient to everything in town. The people in town were extremely nice and welcoming. If there was a vote for best town on trail this would be mine.