Today we rode from Grand Island to Columbus! This was supposed to be a light and a rather easy day!! Ha Ha Not really!!! We ended up riding into a head wind most of the day!!! It was brutal. We traveld 72 miles and averaged 17 miles an hour. It was a hard fought ride, but it had it's memorable times as well. Around half way Dale Ackerman, Jon Millier and I decided to stop playing games and get serious. We started leaving stops a little early and pushed pretty hard. It paid off, we pulled out in front and hung on to the lead until we reached our destination. Two times we had to wait for the support vehicle to catch up to us because we were making such good time. We even missed the church and went two miles out of our way! I am sore and tired, but it was an enjoyable and memorable day. Tomorrow is our last day and we finally get to ride some hills!! If everything works out right I will enter the 500 miles club tomorrow. Presently there are 4 of us with 410 miles and tomorrow we will be riding close to 90 miles. I may have to circle the parking lot a few times, but the plan is to get there. Thanks for all your prayers and support. I am looking forward to coming home tomorrow!!
Back on the home front, I had the awesome opportunity to stay with Dave and Jon last night! Although their 630 am wake up call was not my favorite, I watched them depart on the 6th leg of their journey to Columbus...watching them leave on Monday was hard, but today was just as hard if not harder! Luckily, I was able to go back to the hotel and sleep in until 945 and then Garage sale my way back to Burwell!
The Busch boys spent their day at a Royal Ranger PowWow over in Taylor and didn't get home until 630 tonight--very hungry and tired none the less. A nice break for them (and for Jalise and I) but we were sure glad when they arrived home in the bus! And of course the night was topped off by a win in the Husker Nation! From my very tired, yet very excited view out my picture window to yours, have a great night!
