Change of Wind

We had a delightful change of weather today ... the wind was still blowing as hard as possible, but shifted and now from the West!! How great was that?!!!





Mark started the day and rode 25 miles only, so he could ride at the end of the day with me. Quite a treat, since this entire trip we each have rode mostly by ourselves. For those of you who are non-cyclists, this strategy is a very big deal. It is one thing to ride by yourself, and yes you can reach down and pull up another BootStrap for strength, however, it is just You-Yourself doing this. When you have someone else riding with you, it makes the energy and drive much easier; and you can push yourself just a bit more. The other portion of this is, Mark and I have rode together for the past 24-25 years, so, it is a "thing we do together", and that is really nice.


So here are the pics. We rode Highway 24 from Logansport, Indiana, which magically became Highway 81 at the Indiana/Iowa border, to Lima, Iowa today. The winds were absolutely great at our backs, so we averaged between 20-27 MPH. How fun was that?!?! Mark rode first, early morning and windless. Then Ken rode as the winds picked up. He was so energized and "into it", he was ready to ride for a century mileage. I jumped in around noon. Then, really fun, Mark jumped in to ride the second half of his daily ride with me, as I neared the 1/2 mileage portion of mine. How fun to pace with someone, chat with another human being, and just move forward in this process.

So the pics are (Thank you Ken!! Really hard to get a pic of a fast moving cyclist - as he found out) : Mark and me riding side-by-side. I got rid of my riding jersey and opted for my racing top with hopes of gathering more Vit. D. to lift my spirits, create body and cellular health, and all those incredible things Vit. D. is now suppose to do to make us all well and happy (replacing all the other theories we have developed and found less than adequate over the past 50+ years). Second pic is Mark 'saluting' Ken as the pic is taken. Finally, just me as Mark, who was riding immediately ahead of me, went by way.y.y.... too fast.

As you can see, really still quite green corn & soy bean fields. All the vehicles generally nice. Great roads overall. And life is good and moves forward. Still lots of very intense Christianity and Methodism (by their documentation, not mine). This morning as we checked out of our hotel, we bought the Indianapolis newspaper (really big city with major newspaper for the whole state). On the front page, under the title of the newspaper, is a quote from Corinthians. On the second page (where the major info of the day, ownership, etc.) is listed, is the Prayer of The Day. No, I am NOT anti-Christian. I just find this heavy Christianity really really thick. Each god is great; however, no single one is correct. Again, where does this piece into the United States government? Certainly we have many miles to ponder this concept.

Tomorrow we stay in Ohio for another day. Let's hope for more "wind at my back".