Minden, NE

Today was filled with many problems, but the day got better as it went on, however flat tires can always bring a cyclist back to ground zero. It can be very frustrating riding with another cyclist who refuses to take advice or constructive criticism. The best way of dealing with it is to find good conversation topics to get your mind off his bad cycling. We did come up with some good topics, but I can't divulge. Anyway later on in the ride J-post and I thought it would be a good idea to run through some corn fields while the fertilizer and water sprayer was going. I'm not gonna lie we went somewhat deep into that cornfield. You can get easily lost in a place like that, but we found our way back. Later on in the ride we went through a big down pour which gave us a much needed rinsing of dirt, sweat, and fertilizer seeds. The rest of the ride was going fine until I got a flat two miles away from lodging. As we were changing the tire Jimmy's tire popped as well, probably from the heat. So we change both of them and we get on our way. Another mile down the rode I get another flat. This puts me over the top because I know it's my tire. I bought two $65 dollar tires before the trip probably have rode about 700 miles on them and I have to replace them already. Those tires I bought are durable at. In fact they suck; another learning experience. Anyway I was unable to finish the last mile of the day. Hopefully there is a bike store in this town so I can get another tire to do tomorrows ride. It's 50 miles and we have an arrival in Grand Island, Nebraska. Supposedly it's supposed to be pretty cool. Peace out cub scout.