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Glad you chose to visit our blog that documents our trail as we bicycle from the Niagara Falls area to the east side of Iowa, then join up with 10K bikers for RAGBRAI. We are following the northern tier route from Adventure Cycling Association. We have 2 vehicles (40ft RV and a Jeep). The normal days ride involves the logistics of driving one vehicle approx. 50 miles west, hopping on our bikes (pulling a trailer with our dog Zin), riding back East to the other vehicle. This way we get to ride together, take advantage of the prevailing westerly winds and stay in the comfort of our RV. Hope you enjoy the ride!

Monday, July 16, 2012

Day 21 - East Moline, IL

Today started out hot and just got hotter! 

Theresa's sister Mary Jean was camping next to us in her T@B.  It looked as though the Smitanic had given birth.  Everyone in the park stopped by and made comments on how cute it was.  The also thought Zin was adorable.  We were very lazy today and just could not get moving.  The thought of biking in the heat was intolerable, even floating in a tub in the river in the heat of the day sounded like torture.  NO MORE SUN!  We tried to keep cool in the RV and then did a bit of prep for our travels tomorrow.  Theresa packed her suitcase for her work trip and Kevin got all the bikes off the RV in prep for taking it into the glass repair place. 

Theresa declared the Falls 2 Fields adventure officially over!  We learned lots of lessons that we will summarize later.  

Next will be the start of RAGBRAI starting on July 21 going from the West side of Iowa to the East and finishing on July 28th.  

PS.  After a late trip to the shower house, Kevin decided that this campsite will just not work for the week he is here.  Without sewer hook up he owuld have to conserve water and use the common bath house and not be able to do laundry.  Additionally the site was far from anything.  He quickly got on his laptop and found a KOA campsite that was near the Quadcities Airport (where Theresa was flying out of).  He jotted down the address and phone for a call in the morning.


1 comment:

  1. Can't believe that portion of your trip is already over and RAGBRAI starts this week. Looking forward to hearing some of these tales in person when you get home!

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