Some people are natural leaders and just collect an entourage as they go.
Keith decided to go to Branson for the Internet BMW Riders gathering and couldn't get out of town without three riders following. His friend Sam from Illinois, and Carlos from North Carolina, joined the parade across the Missouri hills. Our first rest stop was at one of the four remaining original covered bridges in Missouri. In New England where I grew up, covered bridges were fairly common out in the country, and none had been preserved as historical items. This park had the requisite educational displays about local history, millworks, and one on bridge building.