Friday, July 15, 2011
Day 26. I get to see the Corn Palace
Today we rode from Chamberlain to Mitchell, SD. It was a ride of 71 miles with no headwinds for a welcome change. I had pedal problems again today. At around the 17 mile mark I noticed my left pedal crank coming loose again. I pulled off and called the mechanic's van. Mike came up and took a look at it, got it back on but told me to keep an eye on it because it was stripped. About 6 miles further down the road the crank came off again. Mike took me to the sag stop and managed to take a triplex crank off of Barb's bike and put it on my bike in place of the compact I had. Amazingly he was able to get the bike to shift through all three rings. The course was fairly flat so I kept in the middle ring and made it into Mitchell with no further problems. Mike called ahead to a bike shop in Sioux falls and they will have a replacement part ready when we arrive tomorrow. Just before the hotel we stopped at the Corn Palace. It is an all purpose arena with the outside decorated in corn murals. There are also a number of murals inside the arena. The ones inside remain the same with the corn replaced every ten to twelve years. The ones outside are changed on a yearly basis when the corn crop comes in. It is called the Boston garden of the west. The rats I used to see in the old garden would do some serious damage to the murals. Tomorrow we are on to Sioux falls and a rest day. Katy and Bridgette will be there and I am really looking forward to seeing them.
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Sounds like we have all the makings of National Lampoons Midwestern Vacation
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