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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Team Re-kline is heading out! Reply #15 - Jun 24^th, 2008 at 10:37am This was a camping trip. Here is our tent and bikes at one of the overnights.
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Re: Team Re-kline is heading out!
Reply #16 - Jun 24^th, 2008 at 10:48am

All in all, it was a very relaxing, wonderful trip. The mileage was easy for us. 65 miles the first day was a bit long, but not hard since there were no hills to contend with. The crushed limestone was a bit loose in places, and is harder to ride on than the road, but it was not as bad as I thought it might be.

The 2nd day we rode about 58 miles, again, no hills, a nice, easy ride.

The rest of the days were much shorter distances, so we took our time and enjoyed the sights. I had 2 flat tires - well, actually, slow leaks. That made the ride a bit more difficult, but I still kept up without over exerting.

We were glad we were riding east to west as the threat of flooding was increasing and at least one camp area we were in was under water by the end of the week.

The ride was extremely well organized, the food was good. I would recommend this ride to anyone wanting to try a multi-day ride for the first time.

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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Team Re-kline is heading out! Reply #17 - Jun 24^th, 2008 at 2:38pm Sir Rat; I almost forgot - there is a brand new bridge into Hermann - it has a separated lane for pedestrians and bikers. Very nice!
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Jerry Diamond Offline LongLocks Rocks! Posts: 662 Montana Gender:	Re: Team Re-kline is heading out! Reply #18 - Jun 24^th, 2008 at 6:10pm Great to have you back I am glad you had a great time Those are great pictures and Missouri looks pretty this time of year I would love to visit St. Louis and have Sir Rat give Barb and I the grand tour Jerry
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Trisha Stardust Offline Posts: 2318 Missouri Gender:	Re: Team Re-kline is heading out! Reply #19 - Jun 25^th, 2008 at 12:30pm Quote: Posted by: Jerry Posted on: Yesterday at 3:10pm ...Missouri looks pretty this time of year Missouri IS pretty this time of year; very green.
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Re: Team Re-kline is heading out!
Reply #20 - Jun 28^th, 2008 at 2:06am

Nice to see you back, Bikerbraid! I'm glad that you had a good time and I really enjoyed your pictures! Thanks for sharing them with us! Cheesy

Oh, and I don't know why but I never thought about your overnight accomodations until I saw the tents. You guys really roughed it (well to me that's roughing it Roll Eyes

) I bet it's nice to be back in your own bed again.

I'm now wondering if a tent my be something fun and different to try in my backyard. Do they keep out insects?

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Re: Team Re-kline is heading out!
Reply #21 - Jul 5^th, 2008 at 11:39pm

Yes, most tents do keep out insects (assuming you keep them zipped shut!).

FYI, there are are screen houses that are specifically designed to keep out flying bugs. When we camp (other than our biking trips), we usually have a screen house that we put up and put the picnic table in so that we can at least eat without the bugs bothering us.

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Godyssey Stardust Offline Posts: 2375 Georgia Gender:	Re: Team Re-kline is heading out! Reply #22 - Jul 8^th, 2008 at 3:17am Thanks! I saw a tent online that I thought was pretty cool. It's mesh so that you can stargaze at night. Although, I have some freaky looking bugs in my yard. I might spray first or something to get rid of them before I sleep out in the grass... even if I am in a tent.
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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Team Re-kline is heading out! Reply #23 - Jul 8^th, 2008 at 2:40pm Most tents today have a rainfly to put over the tent. But if you know it is not going to rain, you leave the rainfly off and you can see the stars thru the mesh. Our tent actually has a clear plastic window in the rainfly so we can see out even when it is on.
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Godyssey Stardust Offline Posts: 2375 Georgia Gender:	Re: Team Re-kline is heading out! Reply #24 - Jul 8^th, 2008 at 3:42pm Quote: But if you know it is not going to rain, you leave the rainfly off and you can see the stars thru the mesh. Oh, okay. I saw tents with rainfly's. I didn't know that the tents were mesh when they were removed.
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