Possible dupe of this, sorry!

All I seem to have done the past two days is dodge storms. Yesterday a man stopped me to talk.  It started raining as we talked, so he invited me to take shelter at a barn across from his home. After five minutes I decided that he was a SERIAL killer, so I rode on on the rain-DUH!!!!

Education of a wanderer

Set a new personal record yesterday-1,014 miles in 23 days. I am almost halfway there-I think.
I have lost six days to bad weather, hoping the bad weather is over. I will be meeting David Johnson near St. Louis Friday. It will be nice to have someone to talk with-other than myself.

Finally- a good day to ride

Got in 59 good miles today. There was little to no wind, unlike Friday when it blew at 23 mph.
It was a sunny day with much to see. I rode by the river much of the day.
Spent the night last night with my friend Tracy's parents in Bettendorf, IA.
Her dad is 87 years young and is going to do Ragbrai this year-he is my role model.
He will ride across Iowa. You should see his bike seat-looks like an arm chair

Tough Day

Wow, the guide book did not mention all the climbing that I had today.
Thank goodness it may rain tomorrow-need a day to rest. Toughest 38 miles for me ever.

Still having much fun seeing the country. Am Dubuque, IA tonight.
All the rednecks are not in GA.

What a great country we live in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have met so many really cool people, seen so many neat towns and cities.One never sees our country like from a bicycle at 10-12 mph. People will stop and talk with you, take your photo. A new friend named Diana gave me a cross made from wood pulled from the river buried for possibly centuries. Her pastor made it. She said a prayer with me for my safe journey- that is pretty special. She had lost 50 lbs and was determined to do more. Good Luck Diana.
Had more good rides-50,50,59 and 81, pretty good for towing a 65 lb trailer, and headwind.

The wind never stops here. It is relentless.

Ride day 5.

Today was an easy, recovery ride day. As I wes leaving Little Falls, I rode thru Lindbergh SP-Charles that is.

I was back on rural roads. Found a neat old Catholic church, circa 1876, in the midst of nowhere. It was a small community called N. Prairie,MN-Population about35. I did 51 easy miles, and stopped at a campground near Clearwater, MN.

Riding Day 4

Long tough day. Rode 85 miles, last 10 were simply awful. There was not much to see and another headwind the last 12 miles. I made it to Little Falls,MN. It is a neat town, as are so many I've been thru.

First three riding days.

Day 1-Rode from Itasca SP to a resort on the MR, Becker's Resort.72 miles. I was able to keep a good pace with the trailer and saw a lot of the rural MN countryside. It looks like rain all the time.
all except for the area where I ran into road construction-had to PULL the load 3 miles through deep sand. It was impossible to ride in it.
Day 2- Rode from Becker's to Grand Rapids, MN-trivia question, Judy Garland's home-there will be a test.
I was traveling east with a 15 mph headwind, so it took a while. I stayed in a Corp park at a dam by the MR
rode 52 difficult miles.
Day 3-Grand Rapids to Palisade,Mn. 60= miles. more rural MN countryside, lots of it.It started to rain just as I got there.Found a SP with a big pavillion and made it home. It rained all night, but I was dry and warm in the pavillion, sleeping in my raingear.
day 4- an unplanned rest day. The weather forecast was for 70% chance of rain, 20-25 mph wind. Being the intelligent rider that I am I rode anyway(NOT). I rested in the hammock most of the day and got my camp stove repaired. I also started reading TOM SAWYER.I found a little diner and pigged out all day.
Paliasade has a pop. of 211-more later.

Tomorrow is the day

Well, I start in the morning.

Things will be OK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WEll, missed the connecting flight from Minneapolis to Bemidji last night, thanks to Delta.
Arrived and was deplaning at 9:50 and connecting flt departed at 9:50-talk about timing!