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Our planned early start this morning was delayed by rain. At 4:30am, we were forced to move our tent because of the rain. Luckily there was a covered picnic area, we spent the rest of the rain storm camped out there, and kept our stuff relatively dry. After the rain stopped, we had really lovely weather and Mike and I were enjoying our second day on the Katy trail. The scenery is beautiful, we have been following the Missouri River, and parts of the Lewis and Clark trail.

We had planned on a long day today, 103 miles to McKibben MO, but our rain delay and an extra long lunch put that goal out of reach. We settled on 78 miles to Tebbits, where we found a hostel to stay in. The Turner-Katy trail shelter is a two story building set up to give cyclists on the trail an inexpensive place to spend the night. It has about 20 bunk beds and a shower. Tonight we are sharing it with 3 other cyclists. The only drawback – there in nowhere in Tebbitts to buy food. So, we finally ate the cups of noodles that we bought in Middlegate, NV and the chili from Rico, CO. Tomorrow we will have to restock.

– Sarah