Welcome to IOWA! (Home of the most beautiful woman in the world – my fiancee, Alison)
The ride was supposed to be a short 50 miles, but we had to be rerouted due to construction, extending the ride to 70 miles. This didn’t seem to be any real problem until the thunderstorms kicked in around mile 56 and the torrential rain began. We were able to ride for a couple of miles before the crew chief made the call to pull everyone off of the road and wait for the visibility to improve. We sat in the vans for 10 minutes before getting back out onto the road again. The worst part of the whole ordeal was getting back on the road because were soaking wet and the temperature dropped dramatically after the storm passed. We hit one more bout of rain for the last 6 miles, but we made it into lodging safe and sound.
When we arrived we found that our lodging was the retreat center for Creighton University.. We basically had a large cabin out in the middle of nowhere to ourselves! We all setup for the evening and spent a couple of hours napping. We were roused around 3:45 pm and we made our way to our sponsored dinner at the rock quarry in Macedonia, Iowa. It was an absolute blast as we played volleyball, cards, and went swimming in the water. The food and friends were great tonight including 2 alumni from Iowa State University who told us about their experiences with the Journey of Hope and how it has impacted their lives. We were sad to head back to lodging, but we have another full day ahead tomorrow.
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