Last night I (Dan) was a guest in the home of Mike & Loraine Hughes in Glascow. It turns out Loraine is the niece of Ned Mangis, my host from the previous night in Malta. That was pretty fun. Mike and Loraine were great hosts and I scored a large bowl of freshly popped popcorn and 2 bags for the road.
Apparently these towns were named for familiar cities in parts of Europe by some random process. Before this was done they were simply referred to as "Siding 214" or whatever, because they had been created to serve the railroad that had recently been built to span the North American contitent.
I rode 71 miles from Glascow to Poplar today in 5.5 hours of riding time, averaging 13 miles an hour. I really thought I would have my seat by now, for sure, but it's still pretty sore. My feet are pretty tender as well. On the way into town at the end of the day today I saw a boat loading area for The Poplar River and decided I could get some much needed relief there. The water was cool and my feet are doing much better.
We are being hosted by Our Lady of Lourds Catholic Church in Poplar. It looks like we are going to a Pow Wow tonight. It sounds like a big celebration with historic & competitive Native American dancing. I am sure there will be much to tell on the other side of this one!
Dan
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