Jeff’s Missouri Bicycle Trip Report - 05/23/09
Day 6 - Morning
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 - Destination: New Franklin. 
Got up at 5:45 a.m., brewed some coffee I found among the
shelter’s food supplies using a 2 cup maker, and went outside to enjoy the
morning. I got a wave from the Mayor next door who had also stepped
outside. 
Here’s Jim’s Bar
& Grill across the side street northeast from the shelter. 
While outside, a cyclist on a “Long Haul Trucker” rode up
asking if the place was open, since he needed to fill his water bottle. We
talked awhile about his bike before he rode off. The Long Haul Trucker is the
bike my friend at work owns. Back inside I sat down to my “breakfast of
champions”, as Jim had put it last night. 
I filled out the
shelter’s logbook, and the fee slip for the night’s stay. The instructions
indicated that the envelope with the fee and slip could be placed in the local
mailbox without a stamp. It was a short walk - the post office is next-door to
Jim’s place (see picture above). Got the bike packed up, took a better
picture of the shelter, and returned the key to the pole. 
I drank a Powerade
from the machine on the porch and then left at 8:50 a.m.. Here’s another
trail crosser, who I let make his own way across. 
At 10:12 a.m. I could
see the capitol building across the river in Jefferson City. Just before this I
gave my father-in-law a phone call to tell about being out of BlackBerry cell
tower range last night. It was nice to hear about happenings back home. 
There was a lot of interesting reading along here. 
More cliffs, and
later a place to take a break. 
Saw some
canoeists float by. 
At 12:25 p.m. I
stopped at Dotty’s Cafe in Hartsburg for lunch: country fried steak dinner,
lemonade (with lots of refills), and cobbler with ice cream. 
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