A short day today! I decided to rest- and so did my bike, two flat tires! But that is ok, easy to fix, and made me rest even more. The farmland seems to have changes from industrial large- scale to more family-sized...maybe even not the entire family income? Also, lots of chicken houses...with corn and hay grown to support. Very few towns along the way, and not much to the two or so! Little falls was bigger than I thought, though. One great thing about the d...

Whew! Minnesota has some blustery weather, cows that try to herd with passing packs of bicyclists, and just lovely farms, woods, and creeks. Our group started out in VERY strong winds. I was riding between packs at first- but quickly joined a group for drafting. Oh my! It made a huge difference. A great side effect was that I got to be pretty social today :). I started with one group, but at a rest stop made a split second decision to catch a slightly faster gr...

Day two- I'm chillin' in the americInn hotel in wadena. We rode about 60 miles today...a good thing because my behind and legs started the day kinda tired. Tomorrow is 81 miles!!! We passed otter tail lake today- lots of lovely summer homes and recreation. We also went by lots of farms - plenty of soy, corn, and wheat. We also saw some other cover crops, maybe some kind of beans? Near wadena was a chicken farm- and plenty of what I think were either fertilize...

Minnesota! Definitely lots of lakes. I found myself thinking about Paul Bunyan, and the myth of babes blue ox footprints making all the lakes. 57 mike ride- I did pretty good without any training to speak of. Tomorrows mileage is in the 70's I think-so I bet I'll be tired-er then. Pelican rapids seems to be trying hard to acknowledge it's demographic and cultural shifts in recent years. In this little place- they've published 2 books- one a cookbook with stories...

Fargo is flat! I'm sure I'll have more to say tomorrow. Gonna go purchase some razors at the drug store and then the group dinner. I doubt I'll stay up too late today!