Thursday 28/4/05

Spent ages in the library in Houston emailing and updating the blog so didnt get pedalling till late. The weather picked up a bit and the sun was out, but the winds were just relentless. We were still in the Ozark Mountains which we had under estimated - theyre not mountains just hill after hill, hundreds of them and they are all steep - really steep. Made it to a small farming town called Hartville for a late lunch (You know your out in hillbilly land when you see frogs legs pies on sale - no joke). 26 miles after lunch took us too Marshville the only place for miles with anywhere to stay and with more storms forecast we decided against camping on the courthouse lawn and get a cheap motel run by the most unwelcoming miserable woman - a nice end to the day.