Another 100+ mile day in the books! Today was not as easy as yesterday, but it went pretty well. The weather was beautiful….blue sky with cotton ball clouds and temps in the low 80s in the afternoon. The morning was cool and the wind was light, but as the day progressed, the wind kicked up and was straight out of the north. The made for a side wind most of the day. I was in camp at New Hampton high school at 2:45 p.m. I had left the earliest that I have ever left….at 6:45 a.m. to avoid the winds of later in the day. At Julie’s 55 mile stop today, the cook had sent along cinnamon rolls for a treat for the riders. They are prepackaged, but not bad.
I have not been into this town, but it is small and the high school was right on the edge of town as we road in. We went through several small towns today…..Britt the hobo town, and the Little Brown Church in the Vale was about 7 miles off our route. I did not go there but someone in a vehicle did and actually played the piano in the small church. Apparently a congregation still worships there.
We had a few more hills today and probably will tomorrow as we near the Mississippi River. Tomorrow we will be in Wisconsin and I have sweep team duties again at night and in the morning on Saturday.
The last couple nights, we have been able to connect our pickup truck to the tent and that makes things a little easier to sort out and pack/unpack. We really have not connected very many times because of the areas we camped were not accessible to vehicles.
I have not taken many pictures lately, as the scenery is mostly the same……corn field after corn field. We did pass several huge windmill generator groups today. It appears that Iowa must have a good wind presence to make it pay off. They are way ahead of Michigan in this development, unless Michigan is deemed not economical for them.
Again, I feared this week as one of the toughest on the tour. I expected hot and humid days with long miles. That has not been the case and I am doing fine….tired, but fine.
Love to all, P & J.
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