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Date
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Miles
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Climb
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Comments
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Stop
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7/22
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49
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Brought the bikes directly to Endless Trail Bike Shop
in Council Bluffs for new tires & a complete checkup. Rose
& Larry Large picked us up for a stay at their home until
Tuesday. Nick, the owner of Endless
Trail was great and promised the bikes would be ready to roll by
Monday afternoon. The ride in from Wahoo was
tough with lots of traffic, construction zone hazards and plenty
of junk on the side of the road. Will be interviewed
by The Daily Nonpareil (the local paper) on Monday. A haircut and
some time to relax is needed. Will be sending unneeded gear home
and replenishing supplies. |
Council Bluffs
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7/23
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0
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Got haircut & nails done to feel human again. fixed
dinner for the Large's - 7 people altogether. |
Council Bluffs |
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7/24
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0
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Interviewed by The Daily Nonpareil. Got the bikes back
from Nick @ Endless Trail Bike Shop. He did a wonderful job. Took
he Large's out to dinner @ The Spaghetti Works in the Old Market
section of Omaha. Walked around the Old Market with ice cream cones
afterward. It started raining hard Monday |
Council Bluffs |
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7/25
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64
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8:30 start due to the rain. 64 miles to Massena, IA.
Very dredifficult day with
high humidity, heavy crosswinds and plenty of` hills. Stayed in
an old hotel. |
Massena |
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7/26
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71
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Some crosswinds and high humidity. Stopped in Winterset
for lunch. Stayed at the home of Sue & Bill Smith. Were going to
go out to dinner but the area was under a tornado
watch and was invited by the Smith's to share their dinner.
Going to try to be in Illinois by Friday (7/28) |
Indianola |
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7/27
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55
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Lots of construction, trucks and rumble strips. Met
up with the Ragbrai riders. Stayed at a motel. Hard day to ride.
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Oskaloosa |
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7/28
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28
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Much easier day for riding with better roads & traffic.
Stopped in Washington for lunch
along with all the RAGBRI riders.
A farmer along the way mentioned hearing about
the P2P Gals on a Cedar Rapids radio station. George
Bell let us camp on his property and gave us access to
a rest room. No restuarant so just beer, chips & salsa for dinner.
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Columbus CIty |
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Total
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304
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11,110 |
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Email Messages Received
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| 7/23 |
Kenyon H Kelly |
Way to go! We're proud of you and Carolyn for reaching your halfway
mark. I'm so excited for you two. We wish you bright, clear days
and lots of tailwind.
Much love, MH&K
p.s. call you tonight between 9&10 CST
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| 7/25 |
Rose Large |
The Gals left Council Bluffs today at 8:25 am after waiting for
the rain to pass. They wanted to leave at 6:30 am but with the
storm last night and more rain predicted this morning they wanted
the storm to be in front of them and not behind.
Carloyn enjoyed our lightening and thunder that accompanied our
rain, as she usually just sees the rain in CA she told us. Told
the gals to keep up the good work and we will follow their progress
across the states!
The article from the Daily Nonpareil newspaper should be out
today, will keep you posted.
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| 7/27 |
Dee Burgess & Judy Robinett |
Received your postcard today. We are following your progress
regularly and are looking forward to seeing you again in the near
future. Great things are happening here. I can't wait to tell
you all about it. Go girlfriends, Go!
Love, Dee & Judy
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| 7/28 |
Tony |
Hi Carolyn,
Happy cycling - saw your pics - & news stories - give Linda my
love - Keep sending postcards.
Love, Tony
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| Joyce Wells |
Received your postcard today and of course it reminded us of
how much fun we had last year on the RAGBRAI. Wish we could have
met up with you gals this year. I keep thinking how hard we are
training for our Tucson ride in November until I read of your
adventures and realize I've got a bit to go to be in shape. Glad
your having so much fun but really, really, really miss you !
!
Love, Joyce Wells
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