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It seems highway 54 and highway 75 are slaughter roads for turtle and armadillos. We picked up 5 tortoise and put them safely in the grass but must have seen over 50 that weren\u2019t so lucky. Also an alarming number of armadillos had been run over. I wonder why drivers don\u2019t try to avoid them, it\u2019s not like they sprint across the road at the last minute <\/p>\n\n\n\n Today we were lucky enough to get a Warmshowers host to not only give us a warm shower but supper too <\/p>\n\n\n\n We took a detour to avoid a broken bridge near Toronto Lake thanks to information provided by the very kind ladies at Lizard Lips grill and delicatessen <\/p>\n\n\n\n You also get to write in their guest book and get given a little lizard to attach to your bike \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n\n\n\n We had to go via Yates Center which has an historical town square with a very good coffee shop and bakery. Cornerstone coffee and bakery<\/p>\n\n\n\n The last leg into Chanute took us along a byroad and into town<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eureka to Chanute. 103.99km. 438m ascent. 5h08 ride time With all the heatwave warnings we have been getting with 40C+ temperatures we decided to try to ride only before midday. We were up at 04:45 to leave in the twilight. 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