Today was super fun starting with a 3am wake-up and 3:30am departure. The early start was key since our area is experiencing hot weather, high humidity and headwinds for the day. What the early departure delivered was 82 degrees, no wind and very little traffic. Oh yes, and also a Strawberry Super Full Moon. It was beautiful riding as we set up a great pace line out of Clinton. We then had two very memorable stops along the way. The first was 35 miles down the road in a little town called Passiac where we met the owner of the Hertzog meat processing plant, who also owned the MOKAN cattle auction and adjoining MOKAN Cafe. The cafe served reasonably priced delicious food and we struck up a conversation with one of the locals.
We then proceeded towards LaCygne, KS but had a unscheduled stop at McBee’s Bratwurst shop in Amsterdam, MO. We were a bit early for our Airbnb checkin so needed to kill some time and ended up bumping into one of the finest Bratwurst shops in the state. The owner actually came out to greet us, had us take a picture with him inside his store and then set us up with a care package of an assortment of brats and other delicious foods made there. Needless to say we ate quite well this evening as Bill and Tom manned the grill.
Lesson for the day is to slow down and soak up what the area has to offer. We’re discovering that when given a chance, people provide unexpected acts of kindness, and most love to share their stories and enjoy hearing ours.
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