Skirting the Ozarks...There's no Such Thing as Cheating When You're Bicycling Across the Country!

We left Farmington and headed through the Northern tip of the Ozarks on a more direct route than that which was mapped for us. The only problem with the route that we decided to take was the massive amount of tractor trailers. It's not really that big of a deal, it's kind of annoying, but I'm sure we annoy them too. The ride was pretty hilly, but mostly it was roller coaster hills that weren't too terrible on the legs. I've seen much worse. We heard from some other bikers that said they went the Transam route through the Ozarks and supposedly it was pretty tough. I would have liked to see them, but then again, we saw some pretty sizable hills ourselves.
We made it to Salem in good spirits, spent the night in a city park and departed pretty early the next morning.