Onelescar--nice photos and neat trip but I gotta mention this, in a few of the shots you appear to be in the large chain ring and the larger gears at the back--bad habit, its hard on the derailleur (see it being pulled forward to the front of the bike?--Kansas+Missouri) and not great for the chain either. Might want to keep it in mind, it aint too mechanically sympathetic to your drivetrain.