What a great day, good friends (old and new), fun riding and even some fun dancing. Too bad it has to end tomorrow.
Another early morning as we left Grinnell, it sure looked different after last night's mass arrival. We broke our tent camp , packed up and started to head off.
Before we left and we had a chance to meet with a local Rotarian; James Ahrens Grinnell I (sound familiar)
The nice people of Grinnel gave us a waving sendoff as we headed east into a beautiful sunrise.
More Post Offices today than you can shake a stick at:
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| Ladora PO |
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| Homestead PO |
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| Amana County PO |
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| Brookly, IA |
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| Victor, IA |
The quiet departure (or so it seemed) from Grinnell changed as we arrived at Brooklyn, IA early in the morning and continued on to Victor at 8:15. By this time we knew we were up for a great day.
Before lunch we stopped at Marengo and met some more of the fun-spirited locals, Steve even had a chance to dance and sign along to lift his spirits for the rest of the day, check him out in the video below.
After lunch we made a few stops in Aman county. There is no doubt that these people are warm, friendly colorful and really know how to have a good time. Lance met up with one of the locals displaying her colors and really bonded with her. I hope I can pry him away from Iowa and back to Cali after all this home town hospitality.
Amana county also hosted a beer tent where there was lots of singing and dancing (and beer drinking). They have their own version of the locomotion dance, check out Lance joining in the fun in the video below.
Back to riding (this riding is definitely interferring with all of our fun), Lance was finally able to settle into a good pace, following a pair of Iowa riders, the whining stopped and he seemed quite happy to just stay in line behind them. (wonder why?)
Well, it wasn't too much further into the ride when Lance decided to get a good close look at the corn, he decided he needed to get a real close look.
We know you are all wondering how Lance is doing on his rides, so as our ride draws to and end (only 1 more day), we thought it was time to show a couple of videos of Steve hitting the road and letting us know how he is doing.
At the end of a very fun day we had a chance to visit with Larry's mom and our host for the last night of our ride, Ted and Barb Halm, Once again, we can't say enough about the great people we have met and their wonderful hospitality.
Another early morning as we left Grinnell, it sure looked different after last night's mass arrival. We broke our tent camp , packed up and started to head off.
The nice people of Grinnel gave us a waving sendoff as we headed east into a beautiful sunrise.
Before lunch we stopped at Marengo and met some more of the fun-spirited locals, Steve even had a chance to dance and sign along to lift his spirits for the rest of the day, check him out in the video below.
Amana county also hosted a beer tent where there was lots of singing and dancing (and beer drinking). They have their own version of the locomotion dance, check out Lance joining in the fun in the video below.
Back to riding (this riding is definitely interferring with all of our fun), Lance was finally able to settle into a good pace, following a pair of Iowa riders, the whining stopped and he seemed quite happy to just stay in line behind them. (wonder why?)
Well, it wasn't too much further into the ride when Lance decided to get a good close look at the corn, he decided he needed to get a real close look.
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