After our first two weeks of riding, it is shocking to believe how far we have come from the beaches of Delaware. Everyday I can feel my body adapting to the new and demanding routine of cycling up to 11 hours a day .Since our rest day in Kalona the wind has been quite favorable to our cause. Strong tailwinds caused by approaching storm systems, along with having our packs driven ahead of us by Jackie allowed us to speed over the rolling hills and plains of Iowa. While yesterday was a perfect day to cycle: tail wind, warm weather, beautiful scenery, waking up this morning to see pouring rain and hear cracking thunder made me want to stay in bed and avoid the saddle. However, the coast is not coming to me. Darrel, Andrew and I got as water proof as we good and headed out on the road. While the weather was cold and rainy, strong tail winds made up for it. Within 10 minutes, everything was soaked and we were shivering. A good hill, however, soon took care of our shivers. Like always, we stopped every 15 or so mile for bathroom and snack breaks. I don't know what we would do without gas station bathroom and snacks. Anyways, we arrived at our destination of Denison feeling much better than expected. After a filling ( somewhat too much) meal at "Pizza Ranch" we all are relaxing in our Hotel rooms. Once we enter Nebraska, we are finally in a part of the states where we don't really know anyone, friends or family. We at least will finally get to experience a rougher tour, which should be fun. Our goal for tomorrow will be to get past the state line. Another exciting thing is that we are expecting a third friend to be joining us for the rest of trip. We shall see. Anyways, here are some pictures!
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| Starting out cold and rainy |
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| Mexican for lunch |
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| Pizza Buffet for Dinner |
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