Monday, August 13, 2007
Day 8 Copperstown to Pekin, ND...38 miles.
Slept in this morning till after 7:00, our tired legs needed the rest.
You guys in SC and Alabama will be jealous when I tell you that it took a hot shower to warm me up after riding in a cold rain today. We took cover from the storm in someone's barn that wasn't at home [plenty of toys in that barn including 5 horse saddles, 2 surreys and 4 riding lawn mowers]. There was a lot of lightning in the area and a little rain but the real rain didn't come till we left cover. The rain was blowing horizontal so hard that one cold drop penetrated my brain. As I write this there are tornado warning in the area....we big news right now on the Weather Channel.
The Prairie View Lodge we are staying at here in Pekin, ND is first class. Full kitchen with stocked cabinets complete with food price list, four double size beds and WIFI. The price list for shotgun shells on the fridge is a clue to who normally stays in these rooms.
Had a cooked frozen pizza for a late lunch, at the Pekin Pub here in Pekin, they make ordering easy by having only one food item on the menu. It's a typical mid west saloon without the smoke. Nice folks.
We needed a low milage day.
You guys in SC and Alabama will be jealous when I tell you that it took a hot shower to warm me up after riding in a cold rain today. We took cover from the storm in someone's barn that wasn't at home [plenty of toys in that barn including 5 horse saddles, 2 surreys and 4 riding lawn mowers]. There was a lot of lightning in the area and a little rain but the real rain didn't come till we left cover. The rain was blowing horizontal so hard that one cold drop penetrated my brain. As I write this there are tornado warning in the area....we big news right now on the Weather Channel.
The Prairie View Lodge we are staying at here in Pekin, ND is first class. Full kitchen with stocked cabinets complete with food price list, four double size beds and WIFI. The price list for shotgun shells on the fridge is a clue to who normally stays in these rooms.
Had a cooked frozen pizza for a late lunch, at the Pekin Pub here in Pekin, they make ordering easy by having only one food item on the menu. It's a typical mid west saloon without the smoke. Nice folks.
We needed a low milage day.
