After Thanksgiving Tour

[DebW]

My second day was 60 miles on the trail, plus 3.5 miles on the spur into Jefferson City for my hotel. I had a great morning enjoying the scenery. Rode 34 miles the morning, and stopped in McBaine for lunch. The choices were hamburgers or fried food, so I ate fried shrimp and french fries. Though I had enough snack food with me for lunches, a heated building was more inviting for a long break. There was one young deer on the trail who couldn't get off the trail for awhile with the river on one side and bluffs on the other, and the poor deer had a broken front leg that flopped when it ran. It moved down the trail ahead of me in spurts until it was able to get off into the woods. Other wildlife included a skunk who sat on the side of the trail and watched me ride by, a racoon who took off when I got close, and a squirrel who dashed past my front wheel at high speed. The last 20 miles were tiring and I was stopping for short rests every 3-5 miles. The spur trail into Jefferson City was well-marked and included a 3-tiered square ramp up onto the bridge.