DAY #1....THUMPERVILLE (HUTCHINSON) TO EL DORADO SPRINGS, MISSOURI....248 MILES

REFERENCING THE PICTURES BELOW, THIS IS WHAT THUMPERVILLE LOOKED LIKE EXACTLY ONE WEEK AGO TODAY.

IT WAS A LOT BETTER A WEEK LATER, BUT WE STILL WAITED UNTIL AFTER LUNCH TODAY, HOPING TO NOT CATCH UP WITH THE WEATHER WE HAD YESTERDAY, AND MAYBE WARM UP A LITTLE. BUT...IT WAS 38* AND THE WIND WAS GUSTING TO 35 MPH. NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THOUGH......BEFORE THE RIDING DAY WAS OVER, IT WARMED UP TO A BALMY 40*. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WAS REALLY GLAD I HAD HEATED CLOTHING TODAY.
I'VE ALWAYS TOLD MYSELF THAT THE OUTSIDE TEMPS AND MY COMFORT LEVEL WERE JUST A MINDSET, SO I STARTED THINKING ABOUT LAST SUMMER COMING HOME FROM IDAHO AND HOW HOT IT WAS, THINKING IT WOULD MAKE ME WARMER.
SURE ENOUGH.........IT DIDN'T WORK.
ALL IN ALL WE HAD A GREAT DAY OF RIDING. AND ONE POSITIVE.......ABSOLUTELY NO BUGS.
TOMORROW WE HEAD TOWARDS SALEM, MISSOURI, IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER COOL DAY.
TALK TO YOU FRIDAY NIGHT.

MOTOR MIKE