Well, we left Rachel`s on Monday and headed north to get back on our route eastward across Iowa, but the next eight days will be a little more interesting with the 110 mile/day average that we`re going to try to maintain in order to reach Michigan by the 27th! If we reach Michigan by this date it will give us four days of rest before the triathlon which would be awesome!

We made 100 on Monday due to some stops we took to avoid thunder storms, but Tueday we made 130! Today (Wednesday) we've made it 78 miles to a town called Waverly and upon arrival we quikly found the nearest Chinese buffet and thoroughly endulged... It felt goood :-) It's about mid-afternoon right now, we just finished our traditional after-buffet nap and we'll head out in a moment to get our last 32 miles in for the day. Thanks for any prayers and we'll keep you posted!
Nathan and Erik

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