Wednesday May 20th (Day 6 of riding)

Started the day off by checking oil and topping up at Walmart. David Rush had a bit of luck after dropping his keys - A lady followed him out and waved them as he realized that he didn't seem to have them. David Hill gave the oil funnel to David Rush as an early birthday present.

Short transport section to the trail.

We climbed into the Ozark mountains. Good trails, rock strata in the road made it challenging/fun.

Trail had longer sections between turns which made it easier to relax and just ride.

Lost Rick briefly after he stopped to take a photo and we continued to the next turn.

Met two guys on KLR650s riding the trail.

I hit 85mph on a dirt straight today, David Hill did 75 and caught up after I'd slowed down. Says he considered passing but figured I'd just roll on the speed again and run him off at the next corner. Rick got up to 71mph on dirt today. David Rush got up to 55mph on pavement...

Stopped at the Oark general store for lunch today. It has a lot of character.

Met a couple on a Goldwing from Canada. He was very interested in our adventure and has started planning to do it.

All the rivers in the Ozark area are an unusual cloudy aqua color.

The large rocks and slightly dry forest reminded me of the Watagan mountains near home in Australia. Even the outlooks were similar to Muir's lookout and others there.

Trails in general were great. Winding roads with just enough difficulty to keep you focused.

One 5-10min section was extremely rough, descending into a valley. We stopped twice to figure out if it really was the trail.

David Hill called the bike shop in Bartlesville where he knows the owner. We intend to drop by there tomorrow to say hello. This is the place where the three DRZ400s came from. Spoke to Randy Hart who seems to want to do the trail some time.

Arrived at Alma AK, a dry county so we made a beer run to the neighbouring county.

Did a laundry load. blah blah blah