We are riding along not seeing anything, no people, no river, no farms, just birds singing and trees. Then Jan suddenly says, "deer" which is is way of saying look where I am pointing, there is a deer in the field. I quickly jumped off my bike, got my camera out and started towards the field....The deer was gone! Then Jan motioned and pointed down the trail. There was the deer having a stare-down with Jan. This time the camera was ready....and here you go! I know we have way too many deer and they destroy things like corn and flowers. But they sure are beautiful and graceful and fun to suddenly see appear right in front of you!
When we got to North Jefferson City we really could see the capitol, just like the book said. But it was very far away! There was a trail into town, but we had heard it was pretty steep hills and lots of traffic over the bridge. And we still had 8 miles to ride back to ghe Globe.
This was one of the farms we passed. Very neat, set on the hillside. The next picture is of the bluff that was part of that farm. He sort of used the bluff as his implement shed, to keep the wind and weather away from his equipment! Or so it seemed. The walls of rock cliffs were amazing!
The trail passes over many, many creeks and rivers that flow into the Missouri. This was one of the bigger ones where you could actually see where it emptied into the big river. Many were just cracked mud layers because it is so dry.
The next morning we DROVE into Jefferson City and toured the capitol. Beautiful building as most of the capitol buildings we've seen. We did get one perk as we were looking for the paintings by Thomas Hart Bently. We were directed to a specific room and when we walked in a lady welcomed us and continued giving her presentation. It was very interesting to hear her explanations of the paintings which covered all 4 walls! 
Statue of Thomas Jefferson
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