Someday when I'm famous for kicking off the genre of "low-quality photos of turtles with bikes laid on their side in the background", just remember you saw it here first! This little guy (probably an eastern box) sure is cuter than the common snapper.
I saw a family on the way to the arena stopped to look at this turtle, so I had to take a look, too.
Here's the camp site I set up that night in the dark! I was pretty tired at that point, but my bicycle still looks pretty new and shiny.
Summary of first day's ride:
I stopped at this scenic outlook over the Missouri river to finish my sandwich. Here I'm looking back east, and maybe you can tell from the sky why I was so worried about rain. I shouldn't have been, though, because in the end I didn't get a single drop all trip.
A few miles later, it was extremely muddy and I fell, so of course I took a photo. Notice the rain covers on my panniers - I was still expecting it to rain. I had to walk my bike through the slough, since there was no way to get started.
Well, it may be time to do something with this blog other than pure nonsense, shocking as that may be. I plan to blog here about getting ready to go to school in an exotic, foreign locale and my readjustment to the academic life there.
I also want to post some photos and stories from my bike tour from August 28 to September 6 of 2004. Here my fairly new Cannondale touring bike is equipped and ready to go. Into the pantry. Actually, I eventually got turned around, and started on a ten day tour of the Katy Trail and southern Missouri.
