T2 D11 April 28, 2022 – The Little Blue Trace Trail

In Nebraska we raced the train. Today, in Independence, Missouri, we raced the rain! When we headed out to the Little Blue Trace Trail this morning, Bill assured me that the very dark clouds were moving away from the trail we planned to ride. We put on our rain gear, covered our Garmin GPS computers with zip-loc bags, and started pedaling.

We had a few short, light showers before the sky cleared and the sun came out. It turned out to be a beautiful day! The trail was lined with wildflowers and the trees showed their yellow-green leaves of spring.

Once again we saw more cardinals than we could count, robins carrying worms in their beaks, small black birds with bright yellow breasts, and two big pheasants beside the trail.

We took advantage of what turned out to be nice weather and completed 31 miles today!!

This afternoon we went to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum.

We learned so much about the man who was President when we were born. Did you know Truman had been Vice President for only 82 days when FDR died? He became the President during one of the most difficult times in history! A continuing theme during his presidency was “Peace for all time!”

After leaving the presidential museum, we drove by the house that was Truman’s home from the time of his marriage to Bess Wallace in 1919, until his death on December 26, 1972.

From here we went to Ophelia’s restaurant on Independence Square where we enjoyed fried chicken made with Harry Truman’s personal recipe.

After dinner we “rolled” over to Clinton’s Soda Fountain. Though our minds kept saying, “go in”, “go in”, our stomachs said, “Noooooo,” “Nooooo.” We were just too full from President Truman’s fried chicken!