Dordt College

Today was a beautiful day, not so hot, in the low 80's. Once again I apologize for not sending pictures. I am still having problems getting on my own laptop. I am trying to get the problem rectified. Today was a beautiful day!! The coolest since I've come on the tour. In the mid 80's I think and nice cloud cover most of the day. We did a shorter ride today 98. kms. although my odometer said 99.99 kms. The scenery was beautiful, lots to see, rolling hills ...lots and lots of rolling hills. I thought it was all downhill from here. Once again, not true. The local church about 25 kms. outside of Sioux Centre gave us strawberry smoothies and root beer floats. Very yummy and refreshing. We had a delicious dinner served by the Dordt community. One of the ladies in our small group is from Sioux Centre and helped organize the meal. Also for breakfast tomorrow. I'm starting to get to know more people every day (not saying I remember their names) but eventually I hope I will. We had a bit of a celebration service after supper here at Dordt. We actually get to sleep on a real bed tonight and need only to share it with one other person. Wonderful. I'm typing really fast so I can get to bed because tomorrow is our 182 km. day and we have one that distance the next day too. It's amazing how everybody helps each other out and we become a real community. As one of the cyclists who is finished his leg of the trip said tonight at the celebration service. We need to do the same thing in our churches and not let our differences interfere with what church is meant to be. So true, isn't it. Please check out the pictures on the sea to sea website, you can view them with Flickr I think. It will tell you on the website. It's amazing how you don't even know what's going on around the world. Your day is centred on getting from point a to point b. Time just flies believe it or not!! So far so good. It's so great to know you have so many people lifting you up in prayer for safety. Today we didn't get a chance to hand out many cards as we didn't come across any towns to speak of but when we stop in for a drink at a service station or restaurant, several sea to sea cards are handed out. I also got to meet someone whom I hadn't seen in years. Never expected to see anyone I knew. Met Leonard and Herma Verbruggen and Mark. What a surprise!! Also met Willie DeKoter's sister and husband; their daughter is cycling also. Neat to make connections. Dutch bingo get practised a lot on this tour I can see.