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 […]
Notes from today: First of all, I want to pay my respects to the people who lost their lives on 9-11, and to the many who still mourn them. I took a picture of a flag at half-mast in rememberance of this sad day. Today’s ride was 113 miles and 4,100 feet of climbing, but the […]
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