Day 14: Twain'd Out

Hannibal, MO

Stats!
Rest gotten: lots

We had a very restful day today. Dean mentioned yesterday that Hannibal really works the Twain angle. That's the understatement of the year. You'd think Mark Twain's ghost haunted every gas station, motel, and antique shop in the whole town. We even had a chat with a fake Mark Twain today, but he broke character and told us about when he visited Baltimore in 1972. Bad Twain.

Mostly we hung around town, read books, and lazed about, which is just what a rest day is about. And we found the only Mexican restaurant in three counties. Yum! We also met another bicycle tourist -- Tracy (a man). So far all the bike tourists we've met have been older men (60s or so), counting Bruce, Tracy and the guy from the Lexington bike shop.

We may go to a movie tonight -- Fast Five, which is one we'd never see normally -- just to get out. Once you've seen Hannibal, you've seen it. It's a small town and most things are closed on Sunday, despite the fact that it's a tourist town on a holiday weekend.

Without further ado, here is just a small sampling of some of the Twain things we saw:

Meredith as a butterfly, outside Pudd'n'Head's Antiques

A Mark Twain Soda Machine

Mark Twain's childhood home

A statue of Tom and Huck

Tomorrow it's back to the bikes. The map promises a flat ride, but the map has lied about these things before. Wish us luck!