Day 30 Nevada MO to Fredericktown MO

We had a great day driving across the backroads of Missouri to get to our house in Fredericktown MO. The roads were nice and curvy and fun to drive. We thought we would hit rain but we managed to avoid it the entire trip. It was overcast most of the trip which kept the temperatures down and made for a very nice ride. About 40 miles from the house, the sun came out and it warmed up considerably. 

We had to avoid so many turtles on the road today that I lost track of how many. We also saw a live snake. We had a deer cross the road a little ways in front of us but I really kept an eye out for them today. The backroads of Missouri don’t have a berm to the road. The weeds come right to the edge of the driving area. It makes it very hard to see something coming onto the road in front of you. 

So far on this trip we have had to watch for free range cattle, free range horses, elk, wild burro’s, pigs, deer, rabbits, big horn sheep and now turtles. We also had an area in Nevada where all these large bugs like Locust were crawling all over the road. Wade says a bird just missed hitting my helmet by inches as well. 

Our driveway into our Missouri house is a long, hilly gravel driveway. Thankfully we don’t have to drive our motorcycles down the driveway. Our great friends, Leo and Jana, allow us to park our motorcycles at their house under their carport. We can’t thank them enough for all they do for us. 

This is me resting after getting dressed in something other than jeans since June 9th. I also put makeup on for the first time since June 9th. Definitely a few days not riding motorcycles is exactly what we needed.  Now off to the winery for dinner with friends.