“Today is our first whole day in Minnesota. We rolled into the state late last night
along a nice country road. The first
fireflies we have seen on the trip ushered us in. We went 89 miles today. It seemed effortless, as if we floated across
the ground. This surely has to do with
the fact that today was the first day in two weeks under ninety degrees. All through the heat wave people praised our
courage. One lady saw us riding down the
road and immediately offered us ice water and freeze pops. Let me tell you, when you have been riding in
the heat a purple freeze pop tastes like divine ambrosia. Yesterday we saw the
new batman movie in Sioux Falls South Dakota.
Everyone loved it. Afterwards we
hung out in a Barnes and noble to beat the heat. Over the last few days we have been hanging
out with another group of bike tourists.
We rode with them for a while.
There were 6 of them and 9 of us.
We were quite a sight to see riding fifteen strong down the back roads
of South Dakota. We met another guy
named john who had been riding since New Years day 2011. He was 8000 miles into a 12000 mile bike
ride. We had fun sharing food and
stories. Tonight we are camping in a
city park in Sherburn Minnesota. There
are some big cities coming up. We plan
to stay in a hostel in Chicago and take a rest day to explore the city.” –
Jacob, Trip Leader
“Today is our first whole day in Minnesota. We rolled into the state late last night
along a nice country road. The first
fireflies we have seen on the trip ushered us in. We went 89 miles today. It seemed effortless, as if we floated across
the ground. This surely has to do with
the fact that today was the first day in two weeks under ninety degrees. All through the heat wave people praised our
courage. One lady saw us riding down the
road and immediately offered us ice water and freeze pops. Let me tell you, when you have been riding in
the heat a purple freeze pop tastes like divine ambrosia. Yesterday we saw the
new batman movie in Sioux Falls South Dakota.
Everyone loved it. Afterwards we
hung out in a Barnes and noble to beat the heat. Over the last few days we have been hanging
out with another group of bike tourists.
We rode with them for a while.
There were 6 of them and 9 of us.
We were quite a sight to see riding fifteen strong down the back roads
of South Dakota. We met another guy
named john who had been riding since New Years day 2011. He was 8000 miles into a 12000 mile bike
ride. We had fun sharing food and
stories. Tonight we are camping in a
city park in Sherburn Minnesota. There
are some big cities coming up. We plan
to stay in a hostel in Chicago and take a rest day to explore the city.” –
Jacob, Trip Leader 