Day 1 - Sunday, Sept 5th 2010 Edgington, Illinois to Route 34 where is crosses over the bridge to Burlington, Iowa, where we loaded the bikes into the van and scooted across the river to the Quality Inn in Burlington, Iowa.
This was one windy day, windy to make for some tiring biking. several of ther guys decided to form a paceline and reduce the effort. Not caring for pacelines I decided to go it alone. Probably not a good idea. The wind tough and I after several miles I found myself far behing the group, in fact so far they were out of sight. But I did catch up with them when they took a break.
It was mostly a corn and beans kind of day, without to much out of the ordinary. One thing though, the corn almost appears to dance when the wind is really blowing it around. The tops of the stalks whirl around in circles and sort of bow to each other. Or maybe I was hallucinating.
This was one windy day, windy to make for some tiring biking. several of ther guys decided to form a paceline and reduce the effort. Not caring for pacelines I decided to go it alone. Probably not a good idea. The wind tough and I after several miles I found myself far behing the group, in fact so far they were out of sight. But I did catch up with them when they took a break.
It was mostly a corn and beans kind of day, without to much out of the ordinary. One thing though, the corn almost appears to dance when the wind is really blowing it around. The tops of the stalks whirl around in circles and sort of bow to each other. Or maybe I was hallucinating.
In the picture Emeil who agreed to drive for our trip has driven ahead and is waiting for the riders to come by on their bikes, after they pass he will jump in the van and scout the route ahead a few miles and then wait for thwem to come by again.
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