Day 4 was the official Gravel Day and despite riding on Ross with his 28 inch slicks, I decided to give it a go and made it the whole way. My BTUSFMS experience taught me what I needed to know and gave me the confidence to pull it off. I rode with Reid and Cheng the whole way and we had a great time. One joyous thing was that the gravel route want very popular so we had the place to ourselves, relatively speaking, and we got to talk and ride side by side. I also feel like I got to see much more of the “real Iowa”, which included peeing in some corn. I got a patch and everything! We also stopped at the Grotto in West Bend. My phone hasn’t been working at all which gives me a throwback feeling to the early days of riding. Tomorrow is a challenge; 103.5 miles. For tonight, it’s a pizza buffet and an early night.
