I love the plume of dust trailing the vehicle. Probably wouldn't love it so much if I were riding, though.

It looks like part of a very large chess set.

Water hasn't been an issue. I'm carrying three bottles, and there have been places to stop and buy sports drinks and soda pop during the day.

Also, I can go a lot longer than 3 or 4 hours before using up all my water.

That's probably a bad habit of mine, though, and I'm likely in a constant state of at least mild dehydration.

A much bigger issue for me has always been running out of food, and bonking.

I don't know. I guessed I should have knocked on it ;)

I was surprised to see that so many cyclists had stayed there over the years, because I believe that for a long time, the ACA maps did not list the church as a cyclist-only accommodation. I'm pretty sure that's the case, anyway.

It's definitely not as widely known as the Sebree church hostel.

The fact that I didn't sleep well there is due to my own insomnia - no fault of setup at the church.

Is the puerta del cielo locked?

... and doesn't paint graffiti on stop signs. :)

What a great portrait!

I had missed that detail. Thanks for pointing it out!

Thanks, John.

Yes, Arcadia was a nice stop on the tour.

Wasn't too bad, actually.

I glanced down, but I wasn't afraid ;)

This is now the third time I've ridden across the bridge on bike tours.

I wanted to cross farther south, at Brady, to see something different. But I didn't have time to work out a route there.

I hadn't actually noticed the custom paint job.

Did you see the trailer hitch ball on the back? He was proud of that - he told me that "I can haul things!"

Somehow that unabashedly DIY-by-a-kid paint job makes me smile. He's gotten the bike just the way *he* wants it. Good for him! That's the way every bike ought to be: specifically tailored to the owner's taste and be damned to anyone else's low opinion of the result.

Did you look down through the grate on the Missouri River bridge?