DAY1

We've made it Perryville, MO today. We made better time than I thought, given that we rode through a really heavy downpour just west of Crossville. The on an off showers finally let up around Carthage. We hit the back roads around Hopkinsville, KY, heading west across Kentucky lake at Land Between the lakes and crossing the Ohio river south of Cairo Ill. From here we headed North, dodging large storm cells with lightning striking around us at times. We rode out one storm under an awning along the Mississippi river while John told stories of slaughtering hogs and chickens when he was younger. After dinner at a local Mexican diner in Perryville we topped the day off with some of John's "apple, peach, and cherry pie"!
Only 79 mile to St Louis from here, should make it past Kansas City tomorrow. What a great day!