We had a great Sunday of refueling, spiritually and
physically. We were invited by First United Presbyterian Church to worship with
them and they provided an unbelievable lunch spread for us. The pastor, Steven
Frazier, did a lot of preparation to include our Sea To Sea cause into his
message and service. It was another huge lesson for us in hospitality. Every
member brought 2-3 things for the buffet table. There was so much to choose
from and so much left, that they packed it all up for us and we took it to camp
for our evening meal as well! I had my camera along, but forgot that my battery was back in camp getting charged. So, I do not have any pics to attach today.
Today we had a short 51 mile day and it was great biking
condition. There was a slight tailwind and the terrain was relatively flat,
especially after what we had experienced last Friday and Saturday. I arrived at
our camp at about noon. It is about 4 miles outside of Firth, NE at a Bible
Campground. There is a group of kids attending this week, so we need to give
them space to do their activities.
As you may have heard, we have had some medical issues and
accidents over the past weeks. We have lost 2 recumbent bikers to leg fractures
as the result of accidents involving only themselves. We had one of our riders
experience some heart artery blockage and required emergency hospitalization to
have 2 stents inserted. He was back with us on the tour within a couple days
and today resumed riding a short portion of today’s route. Last Friday, a
couple girls get their tires tangled and had a bad crash, but fortunately, they
are both doing pretty good and one resumed riding a portion of today also. The
other has a sore shoulder yet and hopes to ride again soon. We also had one biker that needed to go home
for an emergency surgery for his wife. He plans to return to the tour as soon
as he can.
I rode with Adam , John Noorhof, and Dan Kiel again today.
We stopped for a sweet roll and coffee in downtown Beatrice, NE. Adam declined
the stop and continued on and beat us into camp. There was a 15 miles bike
trail option today on a hardpack surface that some elected to take. I
understand it was pretty good and no problems. I had elected to stay on the
highway.
It is 95 degrees already today in early afternoon. We are
trying to get used to the humidity in the air that we have been experiencing
the past few days. Up until then, humidity was not an issue.
God’s blessing to all of you.
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