We left Bluffton before 6:30 a.m. to ride back to Rhineland to have breakfast at the Trailside Bar and Grill. On the way back Tom lost his pedal and had to try to Pedal with one leg. Tom went next door to an auto garage and they fixed his pedal. We had a nice breakfast together and then took off to get to Hermann for them to catch the train to get back home. As we rode by a cute house with an inviting front porch some people yelled at us to come up and have coffee with them. Too bad they had a train to catch! Shortly after that Tom's pedal fell off again. We got to Hermann an hour early so we went to a coffee shop and had scones and coffee. Then we waited with them at the train station to say goodbye. Bob and I looked around Hermann because it is set up like a German Village. Anja it made me think of you and being in Germany. Hermann is known for its great Vineyards. We had some ice cream before we left Hermann. We had to take a spur from McKittrick to get to Hermann. On the way back over the bridge I heard a strange noise and knew immediately my tire was losing air quickly. I looked up and there was a gas station so we pulled over to get off the highway. We found glass in my tire. After being delayed we got back on the trail and we saw a great horned owl but of course we are unable to get a picture. Around Treloar we hit gravel and stone on the trail. We were unable to ride through it and I had to pull my bike a ways so we went out on Highway 94 for 2 miles and then we were able to get back on the trail. We had heard there have been many places on the trail that have been washed out due to rain in flooding. The repairs tend to be rough. The whole time along the Missouri River we had seen nothing on it and finally we saw a barge. The locals told us the river has been too high and flooding for anything to be on it. After talking to another local we heard about a caboose that served food and had camping but he told us it would be closed by the time we got there. I was so excited to see it was still open when we got there that I ran up on the porch to check about camping. The owner thought I had to use the restroom because I ran up there so fast. We had great food and the frogs sang us to sleep in harmony. We went 38 miles to Marthasville. It was sunny and 78 degrees and lows in the 50s. That makes for great sleeping weather.