Day 22, Stanley to Rugby, North Dakota

Ride distance: 119 miles; cumulative distance: 1487 miles; ride time: 6:09; Average speed: 19.3 mph; calories: 8421; ascent: 1649 feet; descent: 2328 feet. Our host church in Stanley, Our Savior's Lutheran, put on a pancake breakfast for us. Pastor Olson led us in a singing table grace and devotional. We got sarted on the ride between 7 and 7:30 a.m. We don't all leave at the same time -- the slower riders start first and the faster ones wait awhile to start. It keeps us together better this way. This was the longest ride of the trip at 119 miles. The wind didn't help us much today but it didn't hinder us either. We started arriving at Rugby shortly after 3 p.m. Rugby is known as the "geographical center of North America". There is a monument in town which proclaims this fact. We don't have a host church tonight so we're staying at the Econolodge. We ate at a local cafe.