Yesterday was mostly flat farmland but today was a never-ending series of grueling hills. We were.all excited to finally see the.Callaway water tower.in the distance. We.kept saying just one more hill and then we'd get to the top and.there would be another!
We were happy to have Jane Raybould ride with us today. Great company.
We.left Loup City at 7:08 and.made our first stop at mile 17 in Arcadia. I rang the bell in the old Congregational Church and signed the guest book. Going down the road shortly after that two girls went past and one of them.asked if my name was Hawley! I couldn't figure out how they knew that. Turned out they saw me sign the guest register and they both Jan Hicks and Sandy Anderson, work.in the same area as my.brother Dick! We caught up and got a picture.
Lunch was at Broken Bow. We stopped for a Runza!
Before we got to Callaway we had.to climb "Democrat Hill". I think Dale said it was almost 3,000 elevation. The great thing was we got a "Yahoo" moment when we got to race down the other side! Along the way Shawn from Custer County Emergency Management.was looking out for us.
Had a fantastic potluck buffet dinner tonight at the Callaway Community Building put on by the Chamber...complete with live music by a local country band The South Loup Sunrise. They were really good!
Just met Colleen and Mitch Robinson in the computer room. Good folks...their 4th tour.
The NBA finals are being shown.on a huge big screen so I better go watch for awhile before hitting the sack. 76 miles tomorrow into a head wind but all my training and those BOBBIE rides and rides with Brian have me prepared!
By the way the Bassett Hound is Elsie the official mascot of the tour.
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