Minden to York

Today we rode 94 miles from Minden to York. We had a strong headwind along US-6 in the morning that we battled strong and hard against throughout the day. My dad, Mark, and I (Eric) rode together all day today and helped pull some people along through the wind. At a gas station rest stop we met a sanitation worker from the area who said to keep on handing out lots of cards about what we are doing because there are lots of rich farmers in Minden. We had some great roller coaster roads along some of the country roads we road on. It was nice to get off the highway onto some less traveled country roads, much more relaxing. These roads reminded us somewhat of the country roads we ride back on in Michigan with corn standing tall this time of year on both sides of the road. In York we stopped for a delicious Jamocha shake at Arby’s, a simple pleasure that is so delightful on a hot, sunny day after a 90 mile bike ride. We left camp at about 7:45 am this morning and rode into camp at 4:30 pm in the afternoon.
Last night for our halfway celebration we had strawberry shortcake and ice cream for an evening snack. So good! I had 3 helpings.
A few funny coincidences…
A couple of days ago we stopped at a donut shop for our first donut of the tour. I know that is a long time to go without donuts. We mentioned that we never even have donuts for breakfast in the morning at camp. I guess they are not very healthy, but surprise, surprise a local bakery donated a bunch of donuts for us for breakfast yesterday. They drove them to the school we were staying at a 6:30 am in the morning. Thanks! The other night at dinner we were still a little hungry and craving some cereal. Surprise again! There were Cheerios and milk sitting out on the dinner table when we went up to wash our dishes. Just yesterday we were talking about Jamocha shakes at Arby’s. One girl on the tour had never had one and she really wanted to try one so by coincidence today were riding together right when we went by an Arby’s and stopped in for a shake. Thank God for all of these good, little, big surprises! Yes, they do all revolve around food. Food is pretty exciting for us on this tour. Looking forward to pancake and bacon breakfast Saturday tomorrow!