Midwest Tandem Rally Day #3

Rally Day #3: 49.66 miles
Comments: Ride Time was 3 hours 37 minutes, average speed: 13.6

Another 9:00 a.m. mass start but Jim and Shirley joined us in the crowd. It was fun to witness them enjoying their first Midwest Tandem Rally. We chose the medium route again today which took us towards Byron and into Mantorville for an early lunch—a repeat of yesterday’s lunch. We visited here for quite some time before moving on towards Pine Island. We were joined by Kathi & John Johnson and Joan & John Laabs for an ice cream treat at the A & W in town before trekking towards the Douglas trail for our route back to Rochester. We then packed the bike in the van and drove to MCT to clean up for the evening banquet beginning at 5:00 p.m. We arrived back downtown with some time to organize a pre-social hour with our friends outside Chester’s. The MTR banquet was fun and the food was good. We sat with our PIGS friends from Iowa knowing we would not get a chance to visit with them again until next year. It was during the banquet entertainment that Faith was given the opportunity to announced Dennis’ Friday blunder, which received a roar from the audience. We visited some following the banquet and then headed back to St. Charles to set up another campfire for our weekend campers and prepare for the COWS Post MTR Ride in Lanesboro, MN.