Yes! I am officially owed a 1hour (at least) back massage from my partner, who, a few days agod as we were entering the Ozark mountains of Missouri said to me jokingly “If you ride 80 miles in a single day, i will give you an amazing back massage!”

The most we had done in the Ozarks until today were:
One 60 mile day
And two 40 mile days....

...but alas...today the alarm went off at 6:30am, we pressed the snooze button til 7:20am, we were packed and eating breakfast by 8am and riding by 9am...so we were able to ride 78.9 miles today from Centerville to Ozora, still challenged by the Up and Down steep Ozark hills!
But...obviously 78.9 miles is not quite 80. So i smiled at my partner and asked “Do you think you could cut me some slack and let me slide just under 80, and still give me my prize?” to which he responded “I am a man of my word, what kind of man would i be if i went back on my word? if you want the prize you gotta do the 80”. So in order to get my 1 hour (at least) special back massage i rode around the hotel for about 5 minutes until my odometer read the B-I-G-80!

Songs of the Day: "Lil Star" by Kelis and "Have a Nice Day" also by Kelis