Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Io-waaaaaaaahhhh

It is really nice to be on flat land. I hope this keeps up.. forever.

Our last day in Wisconsin, we stayed at the beautiful campgrounds in Cassville (right on the Mississippi River), and lo and behold, they had showers. So we used those. I was walking down to the kybo in the morning and saw Kevin walking out after his shower. From my perspective, there was nothing that noted impending doom as the three children on Huffies (or whatever those crazy kids are riding now-a-days) BLAZED BY AT LIGHTNING/walking SPEED annnnd one of them right into Kevin as he rounded the corner. Considering our circumstances, I'm sure anyone could appreciate the juicy, juicy irony.

Iowa's been great so far. First day in we biked to a town called Decorah in the northeast. We stopped off at the local bikeshop, Oneota River Cycles (www.oneotarivercycles.com). What can I say about Deke? You have to meet him. If you are ever in Iowa, go to Oneota River Cycles. If you are in the United States, go to Iowa, then see step one.

BIKE PROBLEMS SO FAR:
Reed's bike (520 Trek, circa 1982ish):
-Back tire rubbing against rear break

Kevin's bike (2006ish Jamis.. I don't know)
-4 flats (rear wheel)
-One broken seat-post rack
-Three spokes popped
-One jackass riding the bike

Carter's Bike (520 Trek, circa 1985ish):
-One popped spoke
-One flat tire
-Back brake rubbing for 80+ miles against rim (yay)
-Two FUBAR'd brake lines (who needs brakes anyway?)

Kevin would also like everyone to know that he broke the sound barrier going down a hill at 47 mph. Let's all give him a round of applause.

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