Day 12 – Pacific Junction to Missouri Valley – Cool and Hot

47.7 miles today – 627.6 total miles We left Pacific Junction this morning and headed for Council Bluffs.  The weather was cool-ish as rain was threatening.  We once again had a great tail wind.  Council Bluffs  has a great network of bike trails that crisscross most of the city.  These trails got us most of…

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Day 11 – Indian Cave State Park to Pacific Junction

77.6 miles today – 579.9 total miles We planned to leave camp by 7:30 this morning.  When I went to load my bike I discovered that I had our first flat tire of the trip.  I must hit something late in the day yesterday and it went flat overnight.  We were glad we had it…

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Day 10 – Falls City to Indian Cave State Park

24 miles today – 502.3 total miles We slept in. Finally got packed up and left the motel at about 11 am and headed to the One Stop Cafe, just one block off of US 73 (I think it was on 21st Street) to get breakfast. It’s a small cafe without much of a sign,…

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Day 9 – Watkins Bend SP to Falls City, NE – Kansas and Wind

90 miles today – 478.3 total miles We went completely across Kansas today.  Well across the part of Kansas that the Lewis and Clark Trail crosses. We decided to get an early start to beat the heat.  In the morning Keith had second thoughts about the early start . . .   We left camp by…

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