We woke up late again but this time we couldn't blame the alarm as we were just being plain lazy! Jered however had somehow woken up and gone to a donut shop to get us breakfast! Thanks again for the food and hospitality, it 'was much appreciated.
The first fifty or so mules to plattsmouth were again pretty boring but also pretty hilly and seemed to just go up then down then up forever, ot wasn't fun! It wad also a pretty humid day and we were all feeling it for the first time.
After jack having a panic about losing his wallet (he hadn't) we stopped at another all you can eat pizza place for lunch. It was actually quite nice as pizza wasn't the only thing we were able to fill our faces with! A quick stop to grab some cereal bars and we were on our way again and quickly crossed over the muddy mess that is the Missouri into Iowa.
It seemed a lot more hot and humid in Iowa, also the roads were a lot worse with lots of qpcracks. It also turned out to be pretty hilly here, great news! The hills were a killer in the really hot and humid afternoon and made us stop at a gas station for a half hour strawberry slushy and powerade break. The drinks did the trick and we cycled over somemore hills to red oak for a random sit down Chinese meal served on paper plates, nice thou!
The final twelve miles to the campsite went well until tom decided to cycle past the entrance leaving jack and matt wondering where he was whilst standing in a campsite tentless. Tom finally showed up and we pitched the tent in a hopefully minimum bug area although we are surrounded by Viking lake so we could all be dinner for some bugs! On the plus side the showering facilities here are ample.
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Keep up the good hygiene, grammar and beards.
ReplyDeleteKeep it up guys, you're going really well for a bunch of non cyclists! For graduates though, your spelling and grammar is providing the best laughs! Tom, Even Big Chubb is ashamed of you!
ReplyDeleteWell done boys keep it up!! take comfort in the fact that whilst you are eating your way around America all our toddlers are having sponsored hunt the Iggle Piggles and making and selling cakes to help expand the total so its food all round!
ReplyDeleteDonuts, pizza and chinese. That's a sportsman's diet if I ever heard one!
ReplyDeleteerm my thoughts exactly,try not too eat many empty calories whilst keepimn a mix of high medium and low GI foods to sustain your energy,source k/cal from from from unsaturated sources where you can rather than saturated ( cheese donuts , chinese , cakes etc. as you may be burning off the calories but u'll still be clogging up your arteries contributing to high blood presure which may in turn lead to heart disease and death.):) x x
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