We have seen so many really beautiful things, and many derelict places plus so many different types of weather already and it's only day 4!
Where to start.....In a place called Pontiac we saw lots of murals which had been painted to help keep the town alive and on the map, we also met some really nice people. The sun was out and we were more than a bit warm with our bike gear on, but we're not complaining!
In Springfield Illinois we passed the original red brick road of route 66, not the best surface for riding a motorbike on. In St Louis we passed the Gateway arch which is HUGE, a little pointless but can be seen from miles around. The weather was now changing to a bit cloudy which quickly turned to rain.
We visited Some fascinating Meramec Caverns, with some massive stalactites and stalagmites, which Craig got some very good pictures of. Apparently Jesse James the famous cowboy, outlaw and bank robber and his posse used the caves as a hideout after his heist. After having lunch at Cracker Barrel we overheard people talking about a tornado siren going off!! Don't worry we didn't actually meet Isaac the lovely tornado but he did provide us with enough rain to soak through our waterproofs!
In Fanning (yes that is the name i'm not making it up) we almost missed the largest Rocking chair! Amusing and a good picture opportunity, plus a very good gift shop.
On one day we did over 300miles, which sounds a lot but it went very quickly, even though there was more than a little bit of rain. The American diet has been interesting, we have sampled a rather sickly but nice PB and Nana milkshake which was peanut butter and banana (worth a try at home), doughnuts, chips, burgers oh and salad!!! and we have seen some HUGE Americans, but we didn't take pictures. Some many more things we could bore you with but I'll do that another day, take care everyone, God bless x
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