Day 29
Mi = 74
Parkers Prairie, MN - Royalton, MN
Barb cooked eggs (over the way we like them), maple sausage, oatmeal sweetened to our individual taste, and fresh Jersey blueberries for breakfast. Luxury!
To the Olympic torch tune, we ceremoniously transferred the 45lbs of gear from our bicycles to the support vehicle. Then, we released a sigh of relief as we gently lifted our bicycles over our heads looking at one another…Ahh–so light!
got the day started riding feathers 34 mi to a town called Long Prairie where Laureen and Jonathan replaced their back tires. (Jon’s rubber had been chipping away and Laureen’s had no tread left for traction.) Since we were stopped, we ate our usual lunch of pb and honey on wheat bread–only today was the day we had to buy a new loaf, so it wasn’t smooshed or toasted from the hot sun beating on it all day. Filled up on ice+water and headed back into the sun for another 36 mi, which took us to a BEAUTIFUL campsite past Royalton, MN. Our campsite was right on the fork where the Mississippi meets the Platte River (check on a map). We actually swam in the exact spot where the two rivers met!! Since our first cross of the Mississippi River occurred today, we know we’re at least half way home!
July 18th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Wow . . . eggs over lite, maple sausage, bratwurst . . I didn’t know I had to cook when I got there? You are really living it up since Barb arrived! Those are going to be some mighty big shoes for me to fill. I hope I am just as good at making hotel reservations?!?! Am I going to be allowed to cook in the hotel room? I can’t wait to see you guys.