Thursday, July 20, 2006
Day 29
New Ulm to Owatonna - 95 miles
Have you ever ridden in a thunder storm so dark that it literally looked like midnight, we did.... The storm came in at about 8:30am from behind me. In about 5 minutes time it went from full light to total darkness. I was out front by myself so I found shelter in a church just before it hit. For about 2 hours we had constant lighting and hard rain and hail. At about 9am a lady showed up at the church and offered me coffee. We had a nice time watching the storm and chatting.
The rain continued on and off for the rest of the day making it fun and a little cold to ride. About 20 of the miles were on a bike path which was a nice change.
In Owatonna we stayed at the fair grounds and since it was raining they let us use the indoor beer garden to camp in. No beer but at least it was dry.
