Day 6: 6/25/2022: Johnson's Shut Ins State Park MO to Chester IL

My rear brake is making a really loud, obnoxious squealing sound when applied (nothing a little toe in won't fix).  I momentarily thought about riding over to the rude neighbor's campsite this morning at 6:30 and applying my brakes to somewhat get even with their rudeness last night.  I decided not to lower myself to their level, so I just rode on by and left.

Pic of a few morning sunbeams.

A couple of scenery pics.

The best decorated tractor tire award goes to...

So long Missouri, hello...

I'm back on the east side of the Mississippi River, and will be staying tonight in Chester, IL, at the bicycle hostel.  Near St. Mary, MO, I got back on the route that I took to get to KS about 3 weeks ago.  I will be retracing that route, only in reverse order, through Illinois for the next couple of days.

Don't forget, Chester is the home of...

I got to Chester about 5 p.m.  After I ate a foot long Subway sandwich for supper, I decided I wanted some ice cream and I needed some bananas.  I detoured about 1.5 miles each way to go to Walmart, but it had no produce and only had half gallon sizes of ice cream.  I didn't want that much ice cream.  So I rode another mile past where I'm staying tonight to go to a local supermarket.  Luckily, they had bananas and pint size containers of ice cream.  I sat on a bench inside the store's entrance and ate my ice cream while greeting people as they came into and left the store.  It felt a little like my Dollywood days.

Total miles today: 90.0