Wednesday. July 20th

Today it was Mankato to Rochester,MN. The ride was scheduled for 99 miles. Lots of folks in town today. Katy's sisters Patsy and Karen met us in Mankato last night and my niece Meagan and her husband Eric met me at the first sag stop at 30 miles. Eric came ready to ride and to help drag my tired body a few miles by drafting on his wheel. I'm sure my pace was even slower than he expected. We started out with a steep climb right out of Mankato and head winds early on. By the time I got to the first sag I could already feel the affects of yesterday's ride on my body. I didn't mention that the heat index was 111 yesterday. By the 57 mile mark my body had pretty much given out and I called it a day. The weather is forecast to break tomorrow and Katy and Bridgette are heading to the cities.