Today was a close second for new worst day of the trip. We planned on going 92 miles today but we only went 70 and that was being on the road at 7 am and not getting to camp at Wabasha, Minnesota until 7 pm. About 3 pm we new we were to far away from our intended camping spot in Winona so we decided where we could get to and I started phoning and here we are in Wabasha. It was an all time record high temperature for Minnesota today! We would pedal for a ways and then it would thunder so loud it would startle me and then pour rain. Then it would quit, the sun would come out, and it would be 90 degrees and 90 % humidity. I would get soaked from the rain than soaked from sweat.
everything was up and down today. We went up a bunch of hills that were 8 % grade and steeper. I can’t bicycle that steep so I would walk the hills pushing my bike. The last one I walked for two miles at 8% grade. None of the hills,passes, and Mountains we had in Oregon, Montana, or Idaho were near as tough as the ones here in Minnesota. We are going to sleep in until 7 am tomorrow and have a short and easy day of 30 miles, and then we are having a rest day in Winona, Minnesota on Saturday. These back to back to back killer days are wearing me out. I am ready for a rest day!
love you all. Dee
Pastor Dee's Blog 
Pastor Duke, I woke up praying for you this morning. Isaish 26:3 Comes to mind as I read yesterday blog. “You keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on YOU: because he trusts in YOU.”
Know that I am praying for you. I was reading your blog to my daughter and she said ” And why is he doing this?” I bet that thought has run through your mind more than once. Well, you are committed now! Or maybe you think to yourself “I should be committed!” LOL
I love you and I will continue to pray for you. May the wind always be at your back, the hills always be going down, the cars always pass safely, the weather just right, and most of all your mind always on THE ONE who is in control of ALL of these things. Living for Jesus, Robin Klopfenstein
LikeLike
Dee, I guess “Enjoy the suck” works more than one day in a row! Praying for you and eventually you will get past the mighty Mississippi and into flat Illinois, my home state; where the biking is easy, the people are nice, and the mosquitoes are tiny compared to Minnesota’s! Drink some coffee, pray for your second favorite pastor’s group and enjoy the suck!
LikeLike
Should’ve rode your motorcycle 🙂
LikeLike