Day Six! July 27

Cedar Rapids to Anamosa- 42.2 miles
1,907 feet of climb

Day Five- Thursday July 26

Marshalltown to Cedar Rapids- 84.8 miles. 3, 576 feet of climb
Today was fun, we got to ride through some amazing and beautiful small towns. The people we're so friendly and welcoming. McCall and Debbie raced in a cow milking contest. The temperature was cooler due to the storms that blew through last night. We did, however have some very tough miles on those infamous Iowa hills :)

Day Four! Wednesday July 25

Webster city to Marshalltown- 77.1 miles. Feet of climb- 1,997
Today was pretty brutal! Temperature topped out over 100 and the "rolling hills" of Iowa were never ending. We were down two team members and had to make a detour to Nevada medical center. (They squeezed me in and fixed up my swollen infected toe) Despite it all we had a successful ride and are very proud of ourselves!

Day Three! Tuesday July 24

Lake view to Webster City- 81.2 miles
We had an absolutely beautiful ride in the morning then the sun came out and we had a pretty strong head wind to battle.

Day Two! Monday July 23

Cherokee to Lake view- 62 miles
We had some crazy hills today, 2173 feet of climb! Plus it was hot again, but we did well and all 5 of us survived :) No showers at the campsite tonight... Poor Nick :(

Tattoos!

We got matching temporary tattoos for our ride this week :)

Day one! Sunday July 22

Sioux Center to Cherokee- 54.4 miles
Great ride! It's pretty HOT here in Iowa.
There are so many people on this ride. The streets get very crowded and bike riders have their own language.