Nebraska is NOT flat!

Although our itinerary says we are staying in Axtell tonight, we actually ended up having to go to Minden, 10 miles further, for the night. Today's ride may have been the best actual ride of the trip. Definitely not the best scenery, but the best ride. The sky was very overcast and cool. The terrain was gentle rolling hills. The roads weren't too bad. The conversation was great. And there was a tractor pull along the way! A bunch of us stopped to check it out but they hadn't started yet so we had to keep riding. It was actually a community celebration for a town of about 250 people. They had some antique gas engines, some livestock, booths, and the tractor pull of course. It definitely symbolized the beauty of smalltown America! I rode the day with DJ and Winston and we had a fun time. We got to talking so much that we didn't realize for at least an hour that we were riding only 12 miles per hour! We knew the team was waiting on us for lunch so we had to kick it into high gear. Tonight we are staying at the local middle school and had a great dinner sponsored by the local Pizza Hut. We will be resting up tonight though for a funfilled, busy two days in Grand Island starting tomorrow. We are pretty excited about this stop due to the amazing things we have heard. I'll do my best to keep everyone posted on the programming. Oh ya, and I can't believe that it is day 28 already, getting pretty close to half way!