We rode 61 miles to Waterloo, Iowa. The winds were much calmer today and still generally behind us. It was very hot again, 90 degrees in the afternoon. We were on nice country roads with rolling hills, increasingly conscious of how few trees there are. Our route took us past past vast, bare fields, with very few wind blocks and trees only around the occasional farm house. At about mile 52, we got on a rail trail with trees and shrubs on either side and felt much cleaner and cooler.
Evening meeting on Sunday. Every evening before a ride we get together to go over the next day’s route and logistics for the day. Most important is where the van will meet us to lay out the lunch spread. I sometimes wonder if others in the hotel think we are a group of Quakers, as we ask each other, “Where is meeting tonight?”
I liked the juxtaposition of old and new in this scene. We have passed many wind turbines in the fields.
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