22 out of 40. So I’ve completed 22 of the 40 riding days, so I’m setting my sights on Madison, WI, as Sunday is my next off day. Tomorrow we start in SD, spend a little time in Minnesota, and end up in Okoboji, Iowa, so three states in one day! SD has been windy […]
Today was a 75-mile ride into Mitchell, SD and marked the crossing of the halfway point of my trip across the US to Portland, ME. As I fought my way through pretty much the same headwind pattern, at lunch I pulled out a Mountain Dew soft drink. From that point to the end of the ride, my […]
Today’s ride, to put it simply, was brutal. We rode 113 miles basically into a head wind. What kept my sanity was the beautiful sunflower fields that literally stretched for miles. The sunflower also happens to be FTBO’s featured flower, so that helped. Also helpful were frequent rest stops and, at the end, a deserving […]
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