What could have been a challenging day turned out to be easy and very fun. Once again I didn’t like the route WomanTours choose to get out of the city so I found my own. While all the other riders were on US-61 heading out, I (and the two Marys) meandered along designated bike lanes and rural farm roads for the first 13 miles. After that, we met up with the other members of our group and enjoyed the 25 mile per hour tailwinds that pushed us along at lightning speeds. We had to hit the breaks at mile 36 when we pulled up to our designated ferry crossing and found out it was closed. According to the captain, the ferry had been shut down by the Coast Guard only the day before for a minor violation in their running lights. When he understood our predicament, he offered run us across the river as long as we were all together. After urgent phone calls to the SAG to pick up the slower riders, we assembled at the dock, boarded the ferry and made it across without incident.
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| Carol explaining to Yolande the ferry is closed. |
Once in Iowa we twisted along farm roads until a left turn put the wind at our back again. It was like shooting out of the
Battlestar Galactica as we caught the air and it moved us down the road at 20 mph with no effort on our part. We arrived in Keokuk, IA, to stay at a Baymont Inn, which used to be the Riverview Inn, which used to be a Holiday Inn, which is in need of upgrades. But dinner was great and the company couldn’t be beat so all is well.
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