Long day down

Our longest day was today with 50+ miles from Sedalia to Rocheport.  Out of Sedalia the trail remains unimproved so its marked on the road and we rode through quiet neighborhoods on this Sunday am. We crossed over into the Ozark region and it became noticeably different with more rocky features.  Pilot Grove was our stop for lunch around the 25 mi mark.  The Tyler Market is new and the sandwiches were piled high and Matthew the sandwich maker was so incredibly hospitable.  There was an interesting story told about a woman whose pig was killed by the train and they wouldnt pay for it so every day she would spread lard on the tracks, and the trains couldnt make the slight grade.  After a few days the train company paid her in full.  The hill we heard was named Lard Hill.  We rolled along another 10 miles to Boonville and ended up stopping at the Isle of Capri casino for lunch that consisted of a Farmer Burger (1/2 lb pattie, split hot dog,american, swiss, tomato, lettuce and pickle).  Despite the heart palpatations and spiked cholesterol, we made it the last 13 miles to The Katy Trail B&B. Awesome stay after a very long day w/  our group some good wine and a bonfire.  Rae wants to thank Jon Murchak her personal trainer for making today a little less painful :)