Saturday 27 July 2013

Day 33

Friday - We had a short, pleasant ride into Pella today.  Just past the halfway point we stopped at the CRC in Knoxville for pie and lemonade.  We also officially passed the distance halfway point early in the ride


After arriving in Pella, we took a walk downtown.  I think Pella is more Dutch than Holland.  There were a couple of great bakeries, a Christian book store (note the absence of quotes), and a nice bike shop.  I bought a Dutch letter at the Vander Ploeg bakery which apparently they are famous for (it's an almond pastry, not chocolate), and then we headed down to a local "rehydration station".  It was a bit of a dive, but we met some others from our group there and even collected a couple donations to our cause.


After supper we had an outdoor celebration service put on by the local CRC.  It was a great time of singing and worship.


Today's route.
Distance: 81.6 km
Elevation: +2352 / -2500 ft

8 comments:

  1. Did you get a family discount at the bakery?

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    1. I mentioned my last name to the teenage girl working there but she just gave me a "that's nice" kind of response. I don't think she cared.

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  2. Awww... you got an "S" for Sean... or potentially "Superman" which would also be acceptable.

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    1. "S" was all that there was. They call it a Dutch letter and that is literally all it is -- a single letter, "S". They don't make any other letters. It was good, but I like our chocolate Dutch letters better.

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    2. Riiiiight... "that's all they had" ... admit it, you got an S for Superman, didn't you? :)

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    3. Actually, I got two "S"s for Sean Saunders...or was it for "Sean sucks"?

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  3. P.S. Congrats on your fourth and final halfway marker!

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