After the grueling days we have had to this point, today almost (but not quite) seemed like a breeze. A short 57 miles ending up at Grinnell, Iowa; home of Grinnell College, which many of you Silicon Valley Rotarians may know as the college of Robert Nocye, one of the famous Fairchild 8 and co-founder of Intel Corporation. If you didn't know this, you should have.
On with today's report:
Breakfast on the run (yes that is Lance stuffing his face) as we left Altoona early, check out the time and temperature as we headed out onto the road, looks like another hot one.
Mtichelville gave us a chance to caputer another post office picture- are you tired of them yet- too bad, at least 2 more coming in the next few days.
27 miles into our ride, we stopped for a break in Baxter and met Rhonda, another nice Iowan who was happy to take a picture with our own Lance. Speaking of pictures, we did run into a group of biker ladies that were wondering about our own Lance and his quest to cross the state.
Finally, Steve had another chance to check out the local transportation, this time admiring what us Iowans refer to as an Iowa Mercedes, everyone who is anyone in Iowa has one.
We stopped for the day in Grinnell for a well deserved rest in preparation for tomorrow's 75 mile jaunt. Wish us luck and keep cheering us on.
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On with today's report:
Breakfast on the run (yes that is Lance stuffing his face) as we left Altoona early, check out the time and temperature as we headed out onto the road, looks like another hot one.
Mtichelville gave us a chance to caputer another post office picture- are you tired of them yet- too bad, at least 2 more coming in the next few days. |
| Rhonda and Lance |
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| Lance and the Biker Babes |
Finally, Steve had another chance to check out the local transportation, this time admiring what us Iowans refer to as an Iowa Mercedes, everyone who is anyone in Iowa has one.We stopped for the day in Grinnell for a well deserved rest in preparation for tomorrow's 75 mile jaunt. Wish us luck and keep cheering us on.
Click here to see a larger map for Day 5
Way to go, Steve! Way to go, Larry!
ReplyDeleteJust a quick question and an observation...
How long will it take you guys to ride back to Cupertino? (I think it's mostly downhill...)
Who made up that "Ride Across Iowa" route? It zig-zags and goes up and down! You guys would make much better time if you just rode in a straight line!
Have fun! What a great adventure!
Jim