Departed Marquette, IA 12pm and arrived Elkader, IA 5:30pm. Travel time- 36.6 Miles and 3hr and 50min. This was a short day, since we were sore and tired from yesterday. The 1st 3 miles were straight up the bluffs, very exhausting. Once at the top it was very enjoyable we had a flat route with some rolling hills that were quite fun going down, in fact Shawns max speed downhill was 38.5 mph. Didn't quite beat his max speed of 43mph yesterday. However Shawn broke 1 spoke 20 miles into our ride but actually about 50 miles since he broke one last. It only took 40 min to fix this time. Once we got into town (Elkader) Shawn got a flat tire (Rear Wheel) and we discovered we had 3/4 of a mile to the campsite so we walked the rest of the way to the campsite, but in reality it was about 2 miles away......uphill none the less. We camped at the city park it was only $10 a night for a tent, it had a free showerhouse in the restroom area and a city pool ($3.50 per person)......very nice area. We even stayed an extra night.
P.S. -- Shawn also had his first fall off his bike.....so all you know guys fall too!
Day 4- 6/4/06 -
Today was a rest day.
We placed a few calls to family and just relaxed a bit.
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