Our Final Statistics and Amazing Facts about the trip
Best Drivers: Iowa
Worst Drivers: Missouri (Louisiana is a close 2nd)
Best Roads: Mississippi
Worst Roads: Louisiana (Iowa was a close 2nd)
Nicest Staff: Rivals Bar (Odie) in Greenville
State with the Nicest People: Iowa
Best Camping location: Cascade Iowa, City Park
Worst Camping location: Meeham Shelby State Park. Dirty bathrooms, kinda pricey, hot sticky night.
Best Sandwhich: ??? Grinder in Fruitland
Second Best Sandwhich: ???? Pig out Pork BBQ
Best Hotel: Drury Inn in Arnold Mo or Hampton in Greenville MS or Cabins?
Worst Hotel: Country Hearth
Best Sign: Unattended Children will be given a Cappuccino and a Kitten at ????
Nicest person overall: Tie (Marsha at The Supper Club), ???? guy who gave us soda
Longest Day: Day 28, July 17, Greenville MS to Vicksburg MS, 112 miles
Hottest Day: 110 heat index on Day 5, June 24 Cassville WI to Cascade IA (118F on bike computer)
Top speed: 38.8 mph Chuck
Total Miles: 1850
States: 9
Who won blisters: Roger
Worst Route: Figuring out how to get across the interstate in Memphis to our hotel.
Worst Weather: Nasty storm, we hid on a stoop at a house in AR. Day 24, Memphis to West Helena
Days: 34 days, including rest days
Photos: 2000+
Flat tires: 7 (if you count multiple flats from the same issue as 1, until it was found)
Ferries: Cassville Wisconsin, ??? Kentucky, New Orleans. ???? 1 more
Nicest Cafe Owner: Monroe St cafe south of New Orleans
Best Parade: We joined the St.Louis 4th of July Parade
Mississippi River Bridges: Muscatine Iowa,
Most Friendly City: Cascade Iowa
Best Cities for Taters: Those with good cell phone coverage and no mayflies
Worst Water: Greenville MS (brown), All of Louisianna (New Orleans had good water though)
Biggest Challenge: Drying clothes
Best Deal: $6 lunch at the Benton County Seat Cafe on day 19.
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