{"id":15884,"date":"2022-06-19T22:32:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T21:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/?p=15884"},"modified":"2022-06-20T02:32:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T01:32:53","slug":"transamerica-day-49-pittsburg-to-ash-grove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/index.php\/2022\/06\/19\/transamerica-day-49-pittsburg-to-ash-grove\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburg to Ash Grove. TransAmerica day 49."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

113.86km. 753m ascent. 5h49 ride time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again out at dawn to beat the heat and the temperatures were lower than yesterday. 23C when we left but it was already 10h00 before it hit 30C \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And we left flat Kansas behind after about 12km to enter Missouri \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Missouri \ud83d\ude0d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Missouri is known for its short very steep hills, one after the other so we have that to look forward to after the boring straight, flat roads of Kansas \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There was no hard shoulder in Missouri but signs asking drivers to share. After 1day they do give plenty of space to bikes, let\u2019s hope it continues \ud83e\udd1e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cooky\u2019s diner, Golden City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Golden City was the first town with any services and that was after ~50Km so we landed at Cooky\u2019s Diner for a piece of pie and a cold drink. Good stopping place. Golden City is no longer \u2018golden\u2019, the good times have passed on and the part of town we saw was not great<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inside Cooky\u2019s <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After Golden City the famous hills started to materialise, just small ones for now so we can get used to them \ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let the hills begin <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Again after Golden City there was not much in the way of services but we stopped at a church when we ran out of water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everton Community Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At Everton Community Church we popped it to find several people there so we could ask for water (it is Sunday). We got water and chocolate because it was Father\u2019s Day \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last leg of some 12km brought us to Ash Grove. A stop at the petrol station for a cold drink and an ice cream before going to the city park and the old farmhouse Barham House which is a cyclist hostel with kitchen, AC, camp beds and free entry to the pool next door \ud83c\udfca\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barham House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We cooked our own supper of chicken and fresh green salad \ud83d\ude0b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

113.86km. 753m ascent. 5h49 ride time Again out at dawn to beat the heat and the temperatures were lower than yesterday. 23C when we left but it was already 10h00 before it hit 30C \ud83d\ude00 And we left flat Kansas behind after about 12km to enter Missouri \ud83e\udd29 Missouri is known for its short very…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[14,54,60,81,20],"class_list":["post-15884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trans-american-bike-trail","tag-bike","tag-holiday","tag-hostel","tag-swimming","tag-tat","category-22","description-off"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/img_9908.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15940,"url":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/index.php\/2022\/06\/21\/marshfield-to-houston-transamerica-day-51\/","url_meta":{"origin":15884,"position":0},"title":"Marshfield to Houston.\u00a0TransAmerica day 51.\u00a0","author":"Piers","date":"2022-06-21","format":false,"excerpt":"104.35km. 1,034m ascent. 4h49 ride time Following a not so great night's sleep in the North Park at Marshfield due to the everlasting heat, we set off early to beat the heat agin. 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