New message from our two backpackers, Eric and Stéphane who, let’s remember, are crossing the Americas by bike.
“End of the 3rd week, already 2,778 km covered in 18 stages. We crossed the Mississippi River on Wednesday June 29 to enter the State of Missouri. Like Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckelberry Finn, we have experienced a lot of adventures so far…
Americans are welcoming, and motorists very respectful of average cyclists.
After crossing Missouri from East to West, on “corrugated iron” roads, we stop in Kansas City for our 3rd day of rest, almost in the center of the USA and one day from the halfway point of our journey. . Morale is good but fatigue is building up and the temperature is rising…
We will cross Kansas, where the landscapes are still as green as ever, and head towards Oklahoma and Texas…