Today was a relatively easy day through the flat cotton fields of southeastern Missouri.
Neither of us had seen cotton fields before, and we were surprised at how much the natural product looks like the processed one. (My wonderful new sister-in-law Elena might giggle at that-- she's from Tennessee, and her brother is in the cotton business, so it's probably not as new and exciting to her as it was to us. But we thought it was really neat!)
We went through some rough roads, including a cobblestone section out of Poplar Bluff that left our wrists aching. We've gone through some long stretches of gravel and rough roads in the past 3 days, and our joints and butts were complaining, but the rest of the day was nice and smooth.
It was a pretty eventful day. After spending most of the day in Missouri, we hopped onto a ferry to cross the Mississippi River into Kentucky, where we rode for about 8 miles before crossing into Tennessee.
Some of our fellow cyclists on the ferry ride (from left to right): buddies Randy and Roland from Wisconsin (and it's Roland's 50th birthday today!), Warren from Saskatoon, Jerry from Texas, Hans from Vienna, and Ed.
Three states in one day! That's progress!
