We got up early again, had a quick breakfast and went on our way. The first picture shows the landscape as we left Springfield and the lovely weather.
We went through several towns one of which had an original square and lots of the original buildings. Mrs Pakes saw lots of big birds flying overhead and Gary the guide said they were turkey vultures. Mrs Pakes then got very excited for some reason! We carried on our way and we rode down what was said was a dead end road but turned out to be the Chain of Rocks bridge which we rode over with special permission from the trust.
We stopped for lunch at a Cracker Barrel diner but soon found out that in the bible belt after everyone has gone to church they go out for Sunday lunch, so we had to wait a while to get a table. When we did the food was great.
We then headed on to the Meramac caverns which was once a hideout for Jesse James. Here I am in his hand. They also sold 28 flavours of icecream which we had a taste of, very good.
Tomorrow we head for Tulsa which apparently is our longest day covering over 300 miles. Mrs Pakes is not sure how she will cope with the distance but doesn't really have a choice! Tee hee.
Sounds a really interesting day! Good luck with the long day tomorrow. The weather on Sunday was quite nice here on the Island, but very wet for The Queen's River Thames Pageant and many of the street parties that were shown on TV news.
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