It was nice to have a break today--having to pedal for just 6 hours, rather than 10 hours makes a big difference in the day. We had sunshine, as well, and I was early enough in the day that the headwinds hadn't really picked up by the time I ended the day in Chariton.
A lot of the hills we encountered were the kind that are a long, curving upward climb where you see the top stretching way up in the distance. Different from the up and down and up and down variety. With longer hills and shorter miles that means we didn't have to do as many hills. We'll need this mid-week easy day to prepare us for a 77-mile day tomorrow and another 76-mile day Friday.
Our overnight town, Chariton is said to have the state's first rails-to-trails bike path, which was built 35 years ago. I couldn't tell you where it is, though. Most of the evening's activities are in the town square, one the many in Iowa towns I've seen that has a beautiful, old stone courthouse in the center. It's good to be here and good to be halfway through the week.
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