Monday, July 14, 2008

July 14, 2008 Sioux City to Storm Lake, Iowa

If anyone tells you that Iowa is flat, look 'em in the eye and tell them they don't know what they are talking about!!! We started our journey out of Sioux City with a 13% grade climb and spent the rest of the georgeous sunny day climbing a total of nearly 2600 feet elevation on what they call 'rollers'...a nice word for hills. Seventy-five miles later we got to Storm Lake, Iowa. A wonderful day of cycling!!! We passed corn. And corn. And corn...and wind farms and wound up on a beautiful spring fed lake in the middle of it all and wound up with a group cook out in the motel parking lot. America at it's best. Agriculture feeding and fueling the world.
Throw in a little art work along the way. What a day!!!







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Astoria, Oregon to St. Augustine, Florida. Total miles 4,700.

Here are some of the cities on the route:
Astoria, OR - Start on May 31
Loop ride on June 1Portland, OR - June 3
Walla Walla, WA - June 7
Lewiston, ID - June 9-10
Missoula, MT June 14 and 15
Great Falls, MT - June 19 and 20
Helena, MT - June 22
Billings, MT - June 27 and 26
Custer's Last Stand Battlefield - June 30
Devils Tower, WY - July 2
Keystone (Mt. Rushmore) - July 4
Rapid City, SD - July 5
Sioux City, IA - July 12 and 13
Dyersville, IA - July 18 and 19
Hannibal, MO - July 24
St. Louis, MO - July 26 and 27
Grand Rivers, KY - August 4 and 5
Tupelo, MS - August 11 and 12
Mobile, AL - August 18 and 19
Tallahassee, FL - August 24 and 25
St. Augustine, FL - August 30 and 31

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