Thursday, August 7, 2014

Friday, July 18th: Hutchinson, MN or … is this where the beard contest is?

The sunrise this morning is pretty nice to watch! Especially with the people around taking their tents down on the grass field around the school. My woman sees a Wal Mart and decides to go in and see what she can do about her growing a beard in one day! Ha … she found something… I see a smile on her face! Now we can move on. We think we are the last ones on the route but fast Rob catches us! Clara City is another small town with a bakery, railroad tracks and a gas station, where we meet up with the wise Eli. 




He is so friendly to block the wind for us. Cycle America picks out some nice roads for us … And now they have marked the rumble strips very well. We are still heading east which means we mostly get a cross wind. We see lots of corn … lots of them!! Danube is not a river here but another small town – they are places to look forward to – it’s a change of scenery instead of … the corn. 



Olivia brings us food – well – not much. My woman gives Eli the last corn on the cob and … a hug: he’s going to the school with the van. My woman hops on Sweet Machine and we are off for another 37 miles of cycling along … more corn. And also an army of ... what??? 



My woman envisions those machines waking up in the middle of the night and moving around by themselves... of course killing humans (and dogs too!). An old town hall is a reason to get off the saddle! 



Hey woman ... did you see the name of the county here? 



The Aussie women Kate and “Hey Renei” arrive at the school with some balloons on their helmets. Crazy women down under! At the school my woman finds a good secret spot where she and Shuli work on their beard! Two weeks ago, a guy Terry had announced that there would be a beard contest. Both Shuli and my woman made up a plan to join. In the end, the contest had changed into a “look alike Gregg” ... anyways: I know Shuli with the bird in her beard and my woman had a lot of fun preparing for the contest. Maybe some pictures later?








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