About 20,000 riders slogged 77 miles yesterday to Indianola. Headwinds, slick roads and generally yukky riding.One small town we stopped in, Peru (pea-roo) is famous for being the home of the red delicious apple; today's overnight stop is where the Hy-Vee grocery store began. Every small town is famous for something it seems.
The rain cleared as we hit our overnight town of Indianola, where we camped in a city park--which was like the Ritz after Monday's field in RedOak. Indianola has been the best town so far--an AirForce jet fly-over and because the town's known for it's hot air balloon festival, the evening sky was soon filled with a dozen balloons.
Today's ride was only 44 miles and I hammered into Chariton (population 4000). It's been a good ride so far, minus yesterday's weather. Tomorrow's the 100 miler, followed by two rides of 70 miles plus, then we finish with 43 as we head to Burlington.
This is like summer camp for cyclists, I tell you! I've met people from all over, but our camping group seems to be heavy w/Californians.
That's one ride for the year thus far
1 year ago
Well, I for one am enjoying your posts here. Carry on! Photos would be nice, but I'm impressed you can get us your text.
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I know you survived the 100 miler....are you having fun? We had a blast in Washington. When are you due home? We'll treat ourselves to a birthday dinner and share riding/camping stories!
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