Thursday, 9 August 2012

Today I went to church...well..the ride from Houston to Ellington Missouri was hot..long..tough..and a rollercoaster ride of steep sharp climbs I'd guess at about 20% grade for the mostpart. The frustrating thing was that as soon as you get to the top you go down again and have to climb it all over again. Here whoever built the roads didn't want to follow rivers...they just built roads straight up and down any hill in their path...even the FedEx truck had a problem on one hill. I stopped in eminence and my ice cream radar took me directly to a pint of soft ice...then a second..oops ;)
I have to be honest and say that Ellington is not a nice town. It seems very rundown and looks like many places are out of business and people seem pretty hard up here. I went to the Jesus is lord bike hostel on my map but Jesus was pissed that he was still on the cycle map.
...on the ride I'd ran out of water again..its so hot...just then a miracles from the almighty himself...a pentocostal baptist vhucrch of faith god and all things holy appeared with a tap and a watering can...to a hot cyclist like me this is called a free shower!
I tried the warm shower host in town but he said he needed three days notice and e mail confirmation...erm..mate that's not really any good to a cycle tourist...so I tried the city park...shitsville is a term I don't use often but here it is justified...so I headed for the only.motel in town mostly so I would feel safe around here. Expensive few days.
The Ozarks are ok I guess but the Rockies were more scenic and fun to ride. Maybe I've been spoilt lol!
I was only chRged twice by hlbilly dogs today and both backed down when I discussed their life expectancy if they continued to behave that way with them.
Why don't people here keep their dogs under control
??

Shinto is on teal need of a service..the gears are slipping on the hills making riding really tough..I tightened the cable but it makes no real difference so I guess it needs a new cable...the map shows a bike shop I'm farmington...I'm going to church first thing tomorrow to pray for it to be open lol! I swear there seem to be two churches for every one person here..but I've not yet seen anybody at church. I don't want to offend anyone...but to my.mind around here religion seems to be taken to extremes...but...I thank thew lord for todays free shower..amen ;)



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