Day 29: back to the grind

Hey y’all it’s Dustin here - we had a pretty good and for the first time in awhile an uneventful day! No flats, no crashes, not a scratch! This morning we headed out from the KOA in Bismarck and stopped at a gas station to pick up some breakfast - I had a taco sub which apparently is a common thing around here (it has taco meat, cheese, and some veggies) and then some cheese-its and coffee (yeah yeah I know, I never drink it but these early mornings day after day have worn me down). 

Unfortunately, my cleats weren’t clipping into my petals anymore, but fortunately I saw this coming and bought some new ones the day before. Only thing is, Leo has them and they stayed at a hotel lastnight - not the KOA… so we rode the first 15 miles with one foot unclipped until we met up with Pat and Leo for the day. I changed the cleats out quickly and we were off on our way! 

Today, like many days recently, was an unchanging scenery - just fields of hay and pastures, not much else to be seen. So the coolest thing we got to see today was a rash that has mysteriously popped up on Julia’s neck - she says it burns pretty bad (like pouring alcohol on a cut), but we texted Dr. Banach and he (although not being able to exactly tell from a crappy photo we sent) suggested a couple things - hydrocortisone or an anti fungal - surprisingly we had the anti fungal and not hydrocortisone but hey - everyone’s got quirks. So we slapped on some ketoconazole and we’ll see if it works - we’re going to try to find some steroid cream later (a long shot when all there is around in fields).

Anyway, we spent todays 73 miles biking into a headwind over relatively flat ground and made a couple stops for food and snacks but nothing really to write home about. The highlight of the day however was showing up in Nepoleon and heading over to the diner. This diner was serving a burger that had two grilled cheese sandwiches as the buns - and that is honestly one of the most genius ideas I’ve ever seen so of course I got it and it was DELICIOUS! After that we got some groceries at the gas station and are now kicking it back in a cabin because it’s supposed to rain/thunderstorm tonight and tomorrow - so we’ll check out what the radar looks like in the morning (secretly hoping for another rest day). Catch us tomorrow to see if we bike! And hopefully something bad but not terrible will happen again so we have something to write about for the next one! Cheers!