We said goodbye to Bev in the morning and rode about a mile to a Church, where Mike went in to talk to the priest. Mike had a bottle of Holy Water given to him by a little old Greek lady in Tarpon Springs. He wanted to ask a priest to perform an impromptu "Blessing of the Bikes". So this super nice Priest lady came out with about a dozen parishioners and they blessed our travels, bikes and souls. It was a great little sermon, and ended with the Church Bells ringing loudly halfway thru our recital of the Lords Prayer. It was a very cool experience !
We made our way about 35 miles to Doug's Tavern & Grill for lunch in Guttenburg. We also took a "puppy break", stopping to pet the Guttenburg Police Officer's German Shepard Puppy.
After lunch it got pretty hot, up into the 90's, so we had to stop to rest and cool down often. The climbing was awesome, the biggest Kendra had ever ridden, and she beat us all to the top of the hardest climb !! She earned the polka-dot jersey for today.
We got to McGregor about 6:30 and ate at a nice brewery/restaurant, the Old Man River. Mike bought a growler of brew for us to take back to the motel, where we enjoyed it while sitting by the Mississippi River watching the sunset.
Tomorrow we are off to Decorah Iowa, with a fun stop at a clock museum along the way !
