After 6 days in Kansas, we finally conquered it....we crossed the Missouri river into Missouri. A few items of note; 1) We crossed the halfway mileage mark on our trip from LA to Boston. 2) Time wise, we are also halfway done....we just finished day 17 of our 33 day expedition. 3) We entered our 7th state...Missouri. And after flat Kansas, Missouri had a nasty surprise for us with rolling hills we had to climb. I go down the rolling hill at 25-30mph, but at around halfway up the next rolling hill, I have to stand and pedal hard to keep the momentum to get over the top of the hill....just in time to start the process all over again. I may exgerrate slightly, but it seemed we did around 25 rolling hills once we hit Missouri....and I hear that there will be even more and steeper ones tomorrow...can't wait! Except for Alburquerque, we have had mostly sunny and warm weather. Our fortunes may change tomorrow as there is a 50% chance of rain all day. I have not ridden more than 30 minutes in rain before....so it looks like I may have new experiences tomorrow. Oh, I rode with Ted from Boston and Bart for Holland. We had a fun hard ride together and I finished the 122 miles with an average of 17.3 mph which is amazing given that we have over 5000 feet of climbing. I sure do love tail winds!