July 9 Blue Earth to Kanawha, IA

Last night, we did have a great view of the fireworks show.  
We didn't mention this yesterday, but the giant Idaho potato was also in town for "Giant Days."  
We each got a free package of instant mashed potatoes, so we ate mashed potatoes mixed with gorp for breakfast.  
We had a disagreement over which roads to take as we were no longer using the Adventure Cyclng Route, a busier road or a quiet one where it was more likely we would run into gravel again?  We traveled through very flat lands with just mild rolls to it that is very  productive and had a mild head wind.  Oops! Jim had rinsed out his shirt and was drying it but didn't tie it well enough to the bike and it had fallen off sometime during the 11 miles we had pedaled so far.  So goodbye shirt. We didn't pass near a store for about 40 miles and then got a quart of chocolate milk which tasted so good on a hot day. In Kanawha while Kay was using the restroom at a convenience store, someone waved Jim over to their car and asked if he could come over and mow their yard (Did he look homeless and like he needed work?) We are staying with Pastor Jason, who was at our church a number of years ago, and his wife Karin. They pastor a church with its building out in the countryside. We were going to go to a neighboring town to go out for pizza, ended up on a long detour because the bridge over the river was being worked on, then the restaurant was closed because of a village celebration going on. So we found the activites and sure enough there was food for sale there, and we had hot pork loin sandwiches, hamburgers and lemonade.  Didn't try out any bounce houses, though!

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