Lamar, Missouri

The morning was cool and dry. I35 from Des Moines to Missouri was bumpy and had quite a bit of construction. From Iowa to south Missouri things were smooth and sort of boring, except when a long ladder fell out of a pickup a couple hundreds ahead, right ahead of a big semi. Somehow the ladder slid to the side of the road, missing everyone.

Temps are getting up to 85 and we stopped here to change into shorts.

After Joplin, in about 75 miles, we will head up into the Ozarks for the final leg into Fayetteville.