Sunday, July 20, 2008

Day 28 New Ulm to Owatonna 72 miler

We played our version of frogger and pacman to entertain ourselves during the ride. The frogs come from the marsh on the side of the road and don’t quite make it past the shoulder. We counted 253 dead frogs. We were stuck on 198 for about 4 miles, thought that we’d never get over 200 and then outta no where…a frog massacre. There have been complaints about a mystery rider dropping fruit in the middle of the road. It could be dangerous if someone isn’t looking and slips on a banana; not very likely to happen, but, nonetheless not safe. Ed and I passed most of the riders and wanted to reach the next check point to narrow down our suspects. So “the serial fruit dropper” better beware. Sheriff Simon and his sidekicks are after you. We stopped of at one of the original dairy queens for a rest stop to scope out our suspects. Exhausted after our frantic search for the evil-doer we chilled at one of the rest stops with a lakeside view. They might have gotten a way this time, but we'll get them next time.









l,c,r: sheriff simon, frogger -most frogs didn't look like this. In fact, most could only be identified by a frog toe or a bulging eye. the usual suspects




If we played pacman, we'd score major points with the fruit we picked up.




The bad guys got away. So we just kicked back and enjoyed the view of one of the 10,000 lakes in Minnesota























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