The trip has been awesome so far. I've been riding my ride the way I want to ride it. The weather has impacted my choices, but not in a bad way. Thunderstorms caused me to miss most of New Mexico, but I got to see the southern part of Colorado. I can come back and visit New Mexico, so net plus there. I also needed to avoid Arkansas because of thunderstorms in my path. Arkansas is close enough to Florida, so I can do more there at a later time. The push into Missouri wasn't thrilling. There really isn't any awesome landscapes that I found along my route. I'm sure Missouri has more to offer. Someone is just going to have to show me. :-)
I stopped in Poplar Bluffs, MO for a couple reasons. First, it was getting late and I didn't have 2 hours of night time riding in me. I could have, but monkey butt was suggesting Poplar Bluffs is a good place to stop. I also thought I'd be pulling off the road in time to get something nutritious to eat. I was wrong. I wasn't getting on the bike and delivery options were pizza only. I don't need a pizza pie. I've been eating light this trip and I can do without dinner. I will just make sure to get a good breakfast. This morning, I didn't get around to breakfast until 1pm.
At 1pm, I was really in search of eggs and toast, but all these little towns seem to have pizza, Mexican, and Chinese food. I kept passing up all that till I arrived at Clayton's, where I had Calve's Testicles. These little gems are an organ meat (obviously) and have a slightly gammy taste to them. I didn't care for the breaded and fried part, but they were tender and actually very tasty.
Here are some maps...today's leg - all trips on my K1600GT since 7/13 of 250 miles or more. I'm going to turn 70,000 on this trip.
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