Across America North - day 30 - Worthington, MN --> Mankato, MN
Breakfast was arranged to be at 5:30 this morning but the morning manager declined to
cooperate. The usual time is 6:30 and that's all he would consent to. He even changed the
America by Bicycle whiteboard in the lobby accordingly. It was only an hour but the
disruption of our regimented schedule was not taken lightly by some.
My complaint about the hotel was the plasic sheet on my bed. There was also a dehumidifier
next to the bed that turned the room air conditioner into a stereo. The hotel management
is too cheap to replace a mattress and still tries to use it while it's drying out. Not up
to any hotel standards that I know about.
We had a nice tailwind for much of the 112-mile trip today. The last few miles included a
downhill bikepath through a mountain forest and across a former train trestle that was
coverd with wood and traversed an immense gorge. I was a surprise to come out of the woods
and find myself on long, wooden bridge looking at a river about 500 feet below. Then the
bike path continued back in the woods for a few more woods. I wonder who had the vision,
the will, and the money to build such a path.
Tomorrow is another 100 miles to Rochester, Minnesota, home of the Mayo Clinic where I will
stop for a routine test. The test in Casper was an indirect measure of my basal metabolic
rate, which I think has increased by 10% starting this trip. Tomorrow will confirm that
change or lead to a new guess.
A map of the US is posted under the AbB whiteboard in the lobby. It shows our trip in
yellow with the part behind us colored in black. It's becoming significantly black. After
we cross Lake Michigan, the rest will seem like the home stretch.
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