Day 29 – 🎶 The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota 🎶

July 16, 2018

Day 29 – Sioux Falls, SD to Worthington, MN  –  70 miles, 1,420 feet vertical

After my little car-enabled golf trip to Iowa yesterday, we entered our fifth official state on the journey today.  You betcha!  It’s Minnesota, don’t-cha-know?  Minnesota, home of Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor and News from Lake Wobegon.  Minnesota, the state that elected former Governor Jesse “The Body” Ventura, and former (I really miss him) Senator Al Franken. 

And according to Weird Al Yankovich, you will also find The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota.  Boy, I hope we get to see THAT!!  (Worth a listen.)

We were all pretty “chill” after our rest day in Sioux Falls, and so, with a 7:30am start, a beautiful sunny day with those now-familiar white cotton puff cumulus clouds, and another easy 70-mile ride, you just couldn’t ride “too slow”.  

The main scenic attractions today were miles upon miles upon miles of corn and soybean fields as far as the eye can see.  Oh yes, and also, our other friends – the mile-long freight trains that seem to parallel our route and follow us east-to-west and west-to-east.  

Early arrival in Worthington meant an obligatory stop at the local DQ for shakes or blizzards or whatever followed by the last half-mile mosey on over to the hotel.  We have two long hard days ahead of us (111 and 99 miles, respectively), so no one is complaining about some extra time in the hot tub, or lying out in the sun, or … what was I thinking? … a nice nap before dinner.  

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…Jeff