Today got off to an early start as I drove with Sandy from the farm to town in time for her to get to school. I bid her farewell then stayed in the gas station to try and wait out the pouring rain. I had both of my jackets and pants on as the temperature was only 43 degrees.
It didn't look like the rain was going to stop anytime soon, so I decided to hit the county roads and get the run to Owasa done. Just a few miles out of town I was stopped by yet another cop, this time the Hardin County Sheriff. I hadn't been stopped by any authorities on my entire run until Iowa. Here I have been stopped three times in the past four days.
After talking to a few farmers along the way, I stopped at the Flying J travel stop off of the interstate for a bigger lunch at Subway. It was pretty cool to get another realization of how far east I was as travelling north on this interstate would take you to Minneapolis.
I jumped back on to D-25 only to soon be warned that the road was closed in five miles and that I should turn back onto 20 for a detour. Not wanting to do that at all, since 20 was now essentially an interstate, I flagged down a pickup truck to ask what the closure was all about. He told me that a stream crossing was out down the road and I should be able to get around the fencing with my cart with no problems. I took his word and continued on. The only hard part about crossing the construction zone was getting a friendly yellow lab to stay home as he followed me around the fence.
Getting close to Owasa I gave Todd Onnen from Grundy Center a call. He is a business partner of a friend of my aunt's in Utah and offered me a place to stay in Grundy Center. When I asked him whether or not he knew if there was a city park in Owasa to camp in, he offered to come pick me up in the town of 43 and drive me back to his place. I took him up on his offer as camping in near freezing temperatures while already wet in a city park didn't sound too fun.
After getting situated a bit in his home, I met his wife Janelle, daughter Nicole and their dog Sammy. We enjoyed a big dinner and went over to Todd's brother who was hosting a Cy-Hawk pregame get-together in his garage for the big game in Iowa City tomorrow.
It didn't look like the rain was going to stop anytime soon, so I decided to hit the county roads and get the run to Owasa done. Just a few miles out of town I was stopped by yet another cop, this time the Hardin County Sheriff. I hadn't been stopped by any authorities on my entire run until Iowa. Here I have been stopped three times in the past four days.
After talking to a few farmers along the way, I stopped at the Flying J travel stop off of the interstate for a bigger lunch at Subway. It was pretty cool to get another realization of how far east I was as travelling north on this interstate would take you to Minneapolis.
I jumped back on to D-25 only to soon be warned that the road was closed in five miles and that I should turn back onto 20 for a detour. Not wanting to do that at all, since 20 was now essentially an interstate, I flagged down a pickup truck to ask what the closure was all about. He told me that a stream crossing was out down the road and I should be able to get around the fencing with my cart with no problems. I took his word and continued on. The only hard part about crossing the construction zone was getting a friendly yellow lab to stay home as he followed me around the fence.
Getting close to Owasa I gave Todd Onnen from Grundy Center a call. He is a business partner of a friend of my aunt's in Utah and offered me a place to stay in Grundy Center. When I asked him whether or not he knew if there was a city park in Owasa to camp in, he offered to come pick me up in the town of 43 and drive me back to his place. I took him up on his offer as camping in near freezing temperatures while already wet in a city park didn't sound too fun.
After getting situated a bit in his home, I met his wife Janelle, daughter Nicole and their dog Sammy. We enjoyed a big dinner and went over to Todd's brother who was hosting a Cy-Hawk pregame get-together in his garage for the big game in Iowa City tomorrow.
Corn for as far as the eye can see
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