66 miles from Parkers Prairie to Little Falls, home of Charles Lindbergh. Another great day for riding, with clear skies, mild temps, and a slight SE breeze. After banana pancakes (a Brazilian specialty), sausage, juice and coffee, Mark delivered us back to where he picked us up yesterday and we said our goodbyes.

Note to self: be sure to clean and oil the bike chains tonight.

Lunch in Long Prairie brought lots of strange looks from folks that were not very friendly. Usually we're greeted warmly in small towns, but not this one. Long wait for computers at the library so we headed off for Little Falls in the early afternoon.

Lots more dogs gave chase today, including a German short-hair that lazily loped along at 15-20 mph for at least 400-500 yards! No spray for him, since I love this type of dog and he seemed friendly.

Upon arriving, we were interviewed by Terry from the Little Falls Record. She had done quite a bit of reading on Tour de Guts, so she had some very good questions and was well-informed on IBD. The article should run sometime this week, so we'll have to look online for it. Jeff drove up from business in St. Cloud (www.myfom.com) to have dinner with us and make sure we had everything we needed and it was great to see him again. We were again treated to a free night of lodging at the AmericInn (thanks, Tim!) and are forever grateful to these fine people for supporting us in this way. It's so nice to have a comfy bed to flop into at night.

John G. emailed us some alternate directions that should get us home by Thursday night, rather than Friday, so we'll print those tomorrow in Milaca. Thanks, John!