- Another unexpected 2:00a wake-up as Sandy is now a member of the team and she wants to have a beer - yeah she fits in real good
- Door to house is locked and Dave needs a shower
- Nobody locks the door in the garage and we're thankful for that
- Rick and Dave decide to crash inside
- In a few hours everyone is awake...barely
- To say it was cool that morning would be an injustice to the butt-ass frozen air that descended on Iowa in July
- Dave and Laurie go get Steve out of the pokey as the rest hit the road
- Where will the riders get food? The Hy-Vee parking lot of course
- In case they didn't know it, when it's this cold they should have an endless vat of coffee
- Just go inside and take it from the dining area
- That lady getting food could be just a bit more bitchy
- Sandy is scared of the traffic on the alternate route so she and Chris head back to the regular route
- Mike and Rick make it to Armstrong without a problem and the van is right behind them
- Nice brunch even if the owner did eat Laurie's pie
- Laurie joins the riders while Dave and Steve go to find our other two
- In the future, we'll be a shitload clearer about what we're doing
- In Swea City it's beer time (according to our bodies) but the bar doesn't open until 3:00p (according to the proprietors)
- Ask owner of diner if we can buy beer at the Casey's and drink it in their place
- The owner ups the ante by allowing us to sit up on his balcony and drink there
- The sign my say Swea City but it feels like Bourbon St.
- Owner is super-friendly and his daughter is an artist (and maybe family)
- With the 18-pack in our bellies we hit the road
- Extremely easy ride to Lakota where we run into Sandy and Chris
- Where are Dave and Steve?
- Bar in Lakota has food, pinoccle players and the Golden Girls
- Bike Iowa shows up - it looks like some others have taken the short route
- The owners of the house we're renting show up and give us the keys
- In Buffalo Center the bar has tasty Mexican food and a big Husker fan
- Some of the locals remember Dale John Meyer
- Finally reach Dave on his cell and they're in Algona - get the fuck up here now
- We head to the house to get cleaned up and Chris heads off to get us beer and snacks
- Everyone's falling asleep in the living room - it doesn't look like we're heading back to the bar
- Rule for newbies: Regardless of who's in a bed, if one half is open it's yours
- Rule for Rick and Laurie: One of us has to be in the van for the 2nd half of the day
