Fall Foliage Ride; Day 7

I am finally blogging from my laptop this evening, which is so nice. Blogging from my iPhone was tedious.

 After a scrumptious breakfast at the Down Over B&B in Arrow Rock this morning Chris and I were off to explore the Arrow Rock State Historic Site (SHS) at about 9:30. It was 61 degrees and cloudy.

 We slowly cruised around the roads inside the SHS before visiting the visitor's center, which was impressive and informative. Turns out the Arrow Rock SHS has connections to the Boone's Lick SHS (across the Missouri River) that we visited the day before. At one time there was a salt water spring in Arrow Rock also. Arrow Rock was also on the Santa Fe Trail.
downtown Arrow Rock, MO

 We then hiked from the visitor's center to the Missouri River. On the way we passed the old one-cell jail. The story goes that it was only used once and the prisoner yelled so loud the residents in Arrow Rock could not sleep . . . . . so they let him go.
Arrow Rock's old one-cell jail (little used)
It is a very pretty area and we really love rivers.
Chris enjoying the Missouri River
Chris did some shopping in Arrow Rock before we took off at about 12:15. The temperature had jumped way up to 63.

 After stopping for a delicious and very filling lunch in Marshall at Bloomfield's Family Restaurant we departed for home. We rode non-stop through Waverly and Lexington to Independence, where we refueled with some cheaper Missouri gas before finishing our trip.

 We rode 121 miles today.  Our high temperature was 64 and, although it was cloudy all day, it was another great day to top off a great trip of 1,187 miles.

 To see all the photos taken today click on the following link: Day 7 Pics

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