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Today my Fiancee and I took a 360 mile round trip. It was an impromptu journey and, even though I posted an invitation for anyone who wanted to join us to go along, we went by ourselves.

We rode from Randolph, MO up scenic 210 highway out to Richmond, MO and caught highway 10 where 210 ends. We followed 10 to where it ends at 24 highway. We followed 24 out to Moberly, MO where we had lunch at Pizza Works. They had pretty good pizza. We continued on 24 out to Missouri "C" highway south to the bridge site.

The bridge is right at the end of a paved road and there is very easy access to it. This bridge was not as well preserved as the Locust Creek covered bridge, but is very interesting none the less. According to the signage, there was a flash flood in 2008 and they took some of the siding off of the bridge in order to prevent the water from washing it away and it has remained in that state ever since. There have been a lot of people who came along with spray paint and wrote their names in the bridge which is very unfortunate. Parking is gravel and there are no restrooms nearby.

Since we were alone, we decided that being as Boone's Lick state park was somewhat on our way back we'd stop by there as well. We followed 24 highway back up to Missouri 3 south and took that down to highway 240 and took that over to 87. 87 is a really nice road to ride a 2 wheeler on! 187 turns off of 87 and takes you to the park. Boone's Lick is a saltwater well that was purportedly discovered by Daniel Boone, but there is evidence refuting that tale. It was a 3/8 mile hike down to the well site and a pictorial tour of the saline brine works that used to occupy the grounds.

We backtracked up 87 to 240 and followed it west to 65north and then back to 24 and on into Independence. We took 291 to Liberty and had Chick-Fil-A for dinner and completed our day's trip. Both of us had a slight case of Numb Butt Syndrome (NBS) but we had a great time. We also found a few other sites we'd like to go back and see for another day's trip!

More information can be found about the bridge here.





All of my pictures of today can be found HERE.


A map of today's route can be found HERE.

I figured the crab paste was to make sure that the crab was stuck on the bike well. LOL

$7 is a good price! Cheapest place I found to do it was a 400 mile drive for me (that I make frequently anyhow) at $15 each. Maybe I should get my ex wife to move to Yuma so I can visit my kids there and get tires changed.

I have been to Subiaco. Past the church/school/monistary. There is actually a town there. LOL

I know of another Monistary that is secluded about 4-5 miles down a gravel road north of Eureka springs. Jen and I have been looking at purchasing some land up there and were driving around and found this place purely by accident. I think they were going for pure seclusion!

Conception Abby is just a gorgeous place. I've never been to a place quite like it. It inspires you to be reverent and quiet. Was a great ride too!

Today my fianceé and I rode up to Conception Abby which is in North West Missouri. She has a relative that was an abbot there in the 60's and 70's and who is buried there at the cemetery.

We drove past a huge wind farm and we stopped and ate lunch at King city, MO at Friend's Restaurant. They served us a HUGE pork tenderloin sandwich. I couldn't eat the entire thing! Really good food.

Now I'm not Catholic, but let me tell you Conception Abby is worth the visit. It's unbelievably gorgeous. The cathedral is really something to see. The pictures I have of it do not do it justice. It is something you must see with your own 2 eyes to really understand.

Put 215 miles on the scooter and it was a wonderful fall day to ride.



All of the pictures I took can be found here: www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=235611&id=568009226&l=3c9934022c

A map of our ride can be found here: maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=109748207347256256451.00049222a1b0befff4d91&ll=39.73465,-94.707642&spn=1.005383,1.766052&z=9&mid=1286579110

My little woman and I took a ride Sunday (10/3) to the Locust Creek Covered Bridge state historic site. This place is really cool. The bridge was built in the 1860's and used to cross Locust Creek before the creek was rerouted. The road too was rerouted and now this bridge sits in the middle of the woods as a testament to the way things once were.

It's a nice ride up, but the actual road out to the bridge is gravel, but well maintained. It is only about a mile and a half. I had no trouble riding it slowly. At the end of the road there is a place to park and then an easy ¼ mile walk to the bridge itself. There are no restrooms at the site.



All of my pics from this trip can be found at my facebook photo page: www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=234568&id=568009226&l=04c0ce226a

Info about the bridge (and 3 others similar to it) can be found here: www.mostateparks.com/locustbridge.htm

A map of how we went is here: maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&vps=1&jsv=282d&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=109748207347256256451.000491be314720b418e79&mid=1286333020

JR: When you get the chance, go up hwy 7 north of Russellville and catch hwy 123. OMG That's some beautiful country. AND there are a LOT of 10MPH curves. Lovely place to ride.



I've been through all the roads JR had pics of.... they're in Arkansas, trust me.

Those are both pretty funny. Thanks for sharing.