Galfromdownunder on Route 66
April 15-May 14, 2006 : Days 26-29: St Louis(MO)-Litchfield(IL)-Bloomington, Romeoville-Niles-FINISH!
5/20/06
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DAY 26: St Louis, MO to Litchfield, MO (75 miles): RRRUSH ... The day begins with a 6am, 8-mile ride across St Louis to breakfast, avoiding road rage. Bad luck - someone yelled 'Get a job!' Susan yelled: I work every day! Breakfast at Billie's Diner. Susan Notorangelo and Jim Bradley wait for the day's carbs. Bike Friday owner Forrest Roberts celebrates his 64th birthday somewhere on a frontage road on Route66... A killer veggie omelette. Richard Wince is the son-in-law of the late RAAM champ Bob Breedlove. He joined us from Ohio for the last 4 days of the tour.
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The pancakes were just too huge - even for cyclists doing 80 miles. A bridge of Madison County with street art. One of the bridges of Madison County. The St Louis Arch along the Mississippi River, St Louis. Like half a Golden Arche with the gold flaked off... The St Louis Arch.
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Gothic looking factories... Poster near river trail. Leon the South African with his no-hands technique for taking of excess clothes etc. 'Now he has to crochet a cardigan,' said Gary. I thought the extra wide portable restrooms were for large people. They're for wheelchairs. Even the nearby Chain of Rocks Bridge , crossing the Mississippi into Illinois, is wheelchair accessable. A cyclist who introduced himself as Bill Higgins knew all about Bike Fridays and took a closer look at Lon's Air Friday.