What a trip!

So this weekend we: survived a tornado watch, lived in a fire station, FOUND $100!!, played with the CUTEST puppies, saw a crazy kangaroo hybrid, got FOUR flat tires and pretended we were on light bikes from TRON LEGACY. In other news: still in Missouri :(

Bill's Feed Shop

Janna and Travis are staying at Bill's Feed Shop in Beaufort, MO for the night. They're getting really close to Illinois!

Katy Trail

Janna and Travis made it to Treloar, MO. It's 12 degrees there and they have been riding on the Katy Trail along the Missouri river. It's beautiful but freezing!

Day of Rest

Today, on the seventh day of their journey, Travis and Janna rested with the lovely ladies of the Marshall Seventh-day Adventist church near Sweetsprings, Missouri. The heroic pair is planning to attend church there tomorrow and then start riding again after potluck. Pray that the weather holds up and that they continue to meet amazing folks along the way willing to make their journey easier.

Day 4 Update!

 Janna and Travis had their first bike maintenance issue and had to go 20 miles off route today to make it to the closet bike shop which eded up being in Kansas City, MO. The issue was that Janna snapped her shifter cable and had to get a new one put on. They have taken off their studded tires and tomorrow that should help to speed things up. Janna dn Travis are sleeping in a park by the Missouri river and it's pretty chilly. Janna and Travis are behind schedule, but are planning on playing catch-up tomorrow.

Keep praying!

Day 3

Well we just finished day 3 of our tour and are in Atchison, KS for the night. The Smith's have taken us in for the night and they feed us tons of great food. We traveled 50miles today. Still going kind of slow due to the big tires and I still feel pretty sick but we are hoping for a better day 2marrow! =)

Fighting the Traffic update

It was a rough day with lots of ups and downs, with a few torturous hills that Janna had to push her bike up.  Whoever said Nebraska is flat, hasn't seen this portion of it!   Janna and Travis started out the morning from Peru, NE, riding in about an inch of snow with a very cold night behind them.  They made it to Brownville, NE, where there was really nothing except a church having services.  They stopped in there and used the facilities and the people shared some food with them.  Then they proceeded on their route through a section that supposedly (via the NE Highway website) was clear for traffic now on Route 73.  The bridge was still out and under construction, but Janna and Travis rode their bikes across the dry riverbed and through the construction zone to the other side.  Janna got hit with a stomach virus and was vomiting off and on through the day which slowed their progress.  They made about 45 miles and stopped in Rulo, NE, where they got hot food at a small bar and set up camp by the river.  Temps are better tonight, around 30 degrees.  The studded tires are slowing them down quite a bit too, although glad they had them yesterday and this morning.  Will probably change them out in the next day or so as they get further south.