Monday, August 4, 2008

Today we biked 88 miles from Fremont, Nebraska to Seargent Bluff, Iowa. We woke up at 5:45 am to report for breakfast sweep duties only to find that breakfast and lunch items for the day were pretty much already put out. What a pleasant surprise thanks to those early risers who are quite eager to get on the road and beat the heat and the winds that usually tend to pick up in the afternoon. It was so hot yesterday so everyone was slightly anxious about beating the heat today. We had yet another quite significant headwind. I do not know who choose to go from West to East on this tour, but it always seems like we are fighting the wind. Thanks to the Brower's we got freezie pops along the route. Thanks! 4 miles into our sweep riding for the day we met one of our group who had broken off the left crank arm on their bike and the screws were stripped to put it back on. By coincidence or providence I guess we had the same bike in about the same size on the gear truck that one person was not using for the day. So a SAG got that bike as a replacement. Later on down the road the bike with the missing crank was used for a spare tire. We all share things in common around here as best as we can to help another biker out. What a blessing to ride in this community. As one of the kitchen ladies says, "We are all one big family doing the same thing." We arrived in camp at 5:10 pm and were surprised with spaghetti and peach crisp for dinner with ice cream.