Pilot Knob to Chester. TransAmerica day 54.

104.58km. 1,027m ascent. 5h02 ride time Following a good night’s sleep in our motel and good food at supper we set off just after 07:00 and it was the first morning under 20C since a long, long time. A beautiful morning and again lots of hills, some pretty steep but none very long 👌 We…

Eminence to Pilot Knob. TransAmerica day 53

118.25 Km. 1,636m ascent. 6h28 ride time New elevation gain record today 👏🏻 Today went pear shaped! I had booked a motel, supposedly in Lesterville, but Google tricked me into a ‘near-by’ motel which was not far away by car but 33 km all the same and 500m ascent on top of our 83km and…