Well, the book didn't lie!Today was some of the 'prettiest' parts of Route 66 we have seen so far!J So amazingly picturesque. It was like going on one of my 200 mile rides through Surrey: perfect road surface, gentle hills, gentle high-speed corners, unbelievably lush green countryside…bikers heaven JThe grass came right up to the edge of the road, and had been mown pretty much all the way along, so it looked like someone had just laid down a ribbon of road ac...

We did 2 states today! :) We started in Oklahoma City, OK, Rode up to Kansas, through a little bit of Kansas, and then on into Missouri. We are currently in Joplin, right in the SW corner of Missouri. (Its pretty ordinary...) And today was really tough. We did 280 miles, but it was as hot as the desert (109F) and at least 100% humidity. It just meant we were dripping wet all day and it was very draining. The countryside was so impossibly green today. We rode in...