Our first real stop was Garwin. We met a group of ladies who shared about the history of there city. Last year then had winds that were clocked at 130 mph for 45 min. Most of the trees in there park were snapped in 2. The grain elevator had to be rebuilt. The told us not to miss the kolaches in the next city.
The next city was Clutier. It is a small Czech community. We had some wonderful kolaches and I had maybe the best BTL I have ever had. On the way out of town we talked with two lovely ladies that shared how the wind closed their silo and it will never open again. One women shared how much she loved to garden and wants to be buried in her garden. We also had our pictures taken with two of the town princesses.
In Garrison he met a man that was born in San Bernardino and graduated from Bonita High School. Crazy!
In Vinton we went to the school for the blind. It is the school Mary Ingalls attended. Today it is used by the Americorps. It was interesting because all the roofs in the town had be replaced. The also said they had lost 80% of trees.
In Shellsburg we followed the yellow brick road and had some wonderful local popcorn.
We headed into Cedar Rapids and set up our broken tent. Got to love duct tape!! We went to dinner at the local Lutheran church... ELCA but that was ok. We had dinner with 2 members of the church. The shared all kinds of stories with us. We found how much a bushel is and how much volume it would take. The food was great but the conversation was so much better! The people of Iowa are amazing and very warm.
We then headed back to our tent to prepare for a great day 6... We hope!
Look at the bike computer! It is a lot of time in the saddle.
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