Ride Across America

I can't wait forever for this picture to download,I'll try to do some pictures tomorrow. It has been awhile so I'll try to summarize the past several days.
Day27- Rode to Sioux Falls, it was an absolutely gorgeous day, in the 70's,saw acres and acres of corn and soybeans. Had to change my chain after 2000 mi. I must have been tired after today, 72 mi., because I fell asleep on the bed and woke up about 12:45 a.m. with all my suitcases and junk still on the bed.
Day 28- A day off in Sioux Falls. What else would we do on our day off except laundry. We ate high on the hog - Wendy's and McDonalds for ice cream, can you top that. Later I went for a 20 mi. bike ride on their bike path around the city. It was great just strolling along, taking my time.
Day29- Off to Minnesota, the day started out with rain until we got down to the lobby ready to load our suitcases and then it stopped, so we took all the rain gear off. We started out on the bike path again, but I saw parts that I hadn't seen the day before. It turned out to be just overcast the rest of the day and that was nice for a change. I was only able to hang with Ted and Ken until about mile 50 and then I dropped off and met them at the hotel. I still rode well the last 20 mi., but didn't just have enough to stay with them today. As much as I enjoy riding with them, it was nice to just ride at the speed you wanted to do. After the ride we hit the famous DQ once again, when we got back I took about a 2 hr. nap. I guess I needed it.
Day 30- The 1st of our 2 centuries back to back. Didn't start out on a good note, after about 5 mi., I noticed I didn't have my sunglasses on. Now how do you do that? I called back and someone looked for me, but couldn't find them. I stopped and Ken and Ted went on, I met them at the 1st rest stop. There was a store there so I bought a cheap pair of sunglasses which worked out fine. Right before the 2nd stop Ted had a flat and once we got to the stop, he said he forgot something where he had the flat. He went back and once he came back we asked if he had found it. With a grin on his face he said yes, in my back pocket. We really rode well the rest of the way, at one point we asked Ken to slow it down from 30mph to 25mph, I just shook my head I couldn't believe we were saying that. Passed a huge wind turbine today that was right alongside the road. Man are they big when you are up close. Tomorrow is the second century and our last day in Minnesota and then on to Wisconsin.