Sixth Annual Big BAM camp
Sarah Yenesel
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
For the first time, the Big BAM (Bicycle Across Missouri) stopped in Cape Girardeau. More than a hundred cyclists set up camp at Arena Park after cycling from Sikeston earlier on Tuesday. The entire trip encompasses 300-miles in Southeast Missouri, from Poplar Bluff to St. Genevieve, over five days. Pork Belly Adventures provided tents, showers and a portable motel. There were two local food trucks and bicycle services from Cape Bicycle. There was also a shuttle that provided transportation to downtown Cape Girardeau.
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Loa Battreal and Dennis Hayter from Springfield, Missouri set up their tent for the night at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau after biking from Sikeston Tuesday, June 15, 2021.
(Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Sandy and Mark Remson from outside Waco, Texas, Steve Gomez from St. Peters, Missouri, Ted Cassimatis from Farmington, Missouri and Nicholas Cassimatis from St. Louis, Missouri, from left, relax together after their bike ride at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, June 15, 2021.
(Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Bicycles stay stagnant near campsites of Bicycle Across Missouri participants at Arena Park in Cape GirardeauTuesday, June 15, 2021.
(Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Bill and Kathy Montgomery from St. Louis sit near their campsite at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, June 15, 2021.
(Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Don Hinkebein from Cape Bicycle, center, helps Patti Sarver with her bicycle while chatting with another cycler at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, June 15, 2021.
(Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Cyclists take a break under the pavilion at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, June 15, 2021.
(Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
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The Wallow Inn, a five unit accommodation with air conditioning and electricity for cyclists, is in use at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, June 15, 2021.
(Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Massage therapist Susan Barg gives a message to a cyclist at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, June 15, 2021.
(Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
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Cyclists set up camp and relax after riding from Sikeston earlier in the day at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau Tuesday, June 15, 2021.
(Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)