I set out knowing that today was going to be the shortest of the trip. I intended for this to be a somewhat rest day since I had no rest days planned in the future and this would be the fifth day of running since O'Neill. I told my host Matt, who I had met in Bassett about a week prior, that I would be in town at noon.
I got onto the highway and got the short run over with. Crossing into Iowa, I knew I would only be in the state for a short while as I head west to South Dakota. I jumped on a bike path, proceeded to get a little lost, but eventually got to North South City. Upon arriving there, I decided to check Matt's address, something I never did as I only typed in the city name. When realized I overshot his house by a long ways (he lived close to the Missouri River) I gave him a call and he came and picked me up in his pickup truck. The truck was from the construction company he owns out of Lincoln, Nebraska called Dynamic.
After a shower and load of laundry we head down to the marina where we stopped for lunch at Bev's and got onto his boat for a quick tour of the Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers. Using his depth finder, we checked the depth under all of the bridges we crossed to see if jumping them was possible. Our tour would be a short one because of plans set up by his wife Lindy, who I had also met in Bassett.
Showing up fashionably late, we arrived at the Pizza Ranch, owned by Matt and Lindy's friend JD who played quarterback for USC, and in the pros for nine years. He is now the coach of the Sioux City Bandits, the local Arena League team. I noticed the name "Holden" on the reader-board at a quick glance before realizing it said "Congrats Holden, Halfway Across the USA." Lindy was there to meet us with the local news and gave me an Army Strong t-shirt that said "Welcome Holden 1/2 Way Point Sioux City, IA. She also presented me with a small clock with an engraving that said "First college, then the world." It was an amazing gesture that I will remember for the rest of my life. I had never shown up to anywhere with so much fanfare on this trip.
After dinner, we returned to their home where I met their two boys Cash and Casen. As Matt and Lindy were getting ready for our trip to Omaha, we played football with the Bandits ball given to me by JD in the front yard. After saying goodbye to the kids, who were pretty sad to see us go, we headed down to the Funny Bone comedy club to see Jo Coy in Omaha about 90 miles, or three days, south.
I got onto the highway and got the short run over with. Crossing into Iowa, I knew I would only be in the state for a short while as I head west to South Dakota. I jumped on a bike path, proceeded to get a little lost, but eventually got to North South City. Upon arriving there, I decided to check Matt's address, something I never did as I only typed in the city name. When realized I overshot his house by a long ways (he lived close to the Missouri River) I gave him a call and he came and picked me up in his pickup truck. The truck was from the construction company he owns out of Lincoln, Nebraska called Dynamic.
After a shower and load of laundry we head down to the marina where we stopped for lunch at Bev's and got onto his boat for a quick tour of the Missouri and Big Sioux Rivers. Using his depth finder, we checked the depth under all of the bridges we crossed to see if jumping them was possible. Our tour would be a short one because of plans set up by his wife Lindy, who I had also met in Bassett.
Showing up fashionably late, we arrived at the Pizza Ranch, owned by Matt and Lindy's friend JD who played quarterback for USC, and in the pros for nine years. He is now the coach of the Sioux City Bandits, the local Arena League team. I noticed the name "Holden" on the reader-board at a quick glance before realizing it said "Congrats Holden, Halfway Across the USA." Lindy was there to meet us with the local news and gave me an Army Strong t-shirt that said "Welcome Holden 1/2 Way Point Sioux City, IA. She also presented me with a small clock with an engraving that said "First college, then the world." It was an amazing gesture that I will remember for the rest of my life. I had never shown up to anywhere with so much fanfare on this trip.
After dinner, we returned to their home where I met their two boys Cash and Casen. As Matt and Lindy were getting ready for our trip to Omaha, we played football with the Bandits ball given to me by JD in the front yard. After saying goodbye to the kids, who were pretty sad to see us go, we headed down to the Funny Bone comedy club to see Jo Coy in Omaha about 90 miles, or three days, south.
We got back home from the show at about 2:30 am. With the plans Matt was telling me for tomorrow and ending this late, a rest day was in order for tomorrow. I crashed in a spider man bed.
My new Army Strong T-Shirt from Lindy
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