07/19/07 Sedalia to Jefferson City, MO

The roads were so bad today! There were lots of hills and little to no shoulder. We pushed it pretty until I got two flat tires five miles outside of stage-up (where we prepare for an official arrival). The heat wasn’t bad and it was overcast. The arrival was quite small but we were presented with two plaques and thanked for what we are doing. We ate fried chicken at a nearby church. We stayed at Lincoln University for the day. After a quick shower, we were taken out to ice cream by an alumnus named Chuck Howard. He’s one of the more involved alumni in the country and took really good care of us in Jefferson City and later on in St. Louis . Chadd Cockrell (UW) and I ate ice cream with two of his children who were really fun and crazy kids. Dinner was a barbeque provided by another alumnus in the area. It was kind of stormy with a little thunder and lightning.