Today's project was to fix my bike. I'm sure you will recall I had an unfortunate blow out on my rear tire the day before yesterday. After I got the tire off, I noticed that the sidewall had split. I needed a new tire. We found a bike shop across the Missouri River in Atchison, KS. The owner called it a bike shop but it was a place that the "American Pickers" crew would find interesting. I got the new tire but I'm going to have to replace it with a 'for real' mountain bike tire when we get home. We explored Atchison a little since we were there. Amelia Earhart was born there. Her birthplace is now a museum. The pic is her birthplace plus the view out the front door. We have had our memories refreshed, somewhat, about the Lewis and Clark expedition since we have been near the Missouri river for a few days. Thomas Jefferson bought 830,000 square miles of land from Napoleon Bonaparte for $15,000,000. Thats 3 cents an acre. The Native Americans, who had been there for millennia, weren't consulted. Lewis and Clark were sent out to see what we bought. Paddling upstream must have sucked.
Looks like the muddy Mississippi,kids are here leaving today late, did winery, pool thing, not sure what is up for today. Steve shooting in Dixie grand, hopes to be home earlier today. Hopefully getting some much needed rain today from hurricane Nate.
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