Days 32 & 33 – 7/31-8/1 – Stuart to Atlantic, IA – 40 miles
Corn is the story of Iowa, but it comes with a hell of a plot twist. In my mind, it was straight-forward enough. Field after field of delicious corn, just waiting to find a barbeque and a slab of butter. I certainly saw plenty of teenagers hawking “sweet corn” in parking lots across the state, […]
Day 31 – 7/30 – Des Moines to Stuart, IA – 41 miles
A quick cup of coffee, a slice of “breakfast” lasagna, and some petting of two very good dogs, and suddenly I was hurtling along the highway, back to where I left off in Des Moines. Storms had raged overnight, waking me around 2am and lining the Walnut Creek Trail with puddles. After bidding farewell to […]