Ride distance: 97 miles; ride time: 5:21; cumulative distance: 1584 miles; average speed: 18.1 mph; calories: 6676; Ascent: 2065 feet; descent: 2016 feet. Our ride started in Rugby, the geographical center of North America. We had a continental breakfast at our Econolodge then hit the road. Our ride today was a little shorter than yesterday’s ride – only 97 miles instead of 119 miles. I had my second flat tire of the trip and it came at a very opportune time. We called for the support van to come back with the floor pump. Just as I started to work on the tire, it started to rain. The four of us who were riding together were able to get in the van just as a downpour started complete with thunder and lightning. The rest of the group was able to get to shelter in a recreation center a short way behind us. After waiting out the shower and fixing my flat, we were about to leave when Paul Bayfield discovered that he had a flat tire too. The rest of the group passed us by but we were finally able to get back on the road again. We passed a huge lake called Devil’s Lake. It has been flooding for the past 10 years and has continued to expand in size. Over 100 dwellings have had to be relocated due to the flooding. There are many dead trees around the lake due to the increase of the lake’s size. The lake is a natural lake and this expanding and contracting is part of its normal cycle, although the flooding cycle only occurs every 100 years or so. We are being hosted tonight by the Spirit Lake Christian Center, a camp run by the United Methodist Church for the purpose of hosting churc
h groups that come to work on projects on the local Sioux Indian reservation. Mike and Libby are missionaries and run the camp. They have a “sidewalk Sunday School” trailer that they take to the various Indian communities in the area and have vacation Bible School for the kids. Mike and Libby shared with us how God brought them to this place, It was a great story. They served us a delicious barbequed dinner. Afterwards, they took several of us on a hike and showed us an Indian burial mount that is thought to be the burial mound of an Indian chief. There is a smaller mound nearby that may be the burial mound of his wife. You can also see stones nearby that are called “teepee stones”. They held down the flaps of the teepees that were pitched in the area,
h groups that come to work on projects on the local Sioux Indian reservation. Mike and Libby are missionaries and run the camp. They have a “sidewalk Sunday School” trailer that they take to the various Indian communities in the area and have vacation Bible School for the kids. Mike and Libby shared with us how God brought them to this place, It was a great story. They served us a delicious barbequed dinner. Afterwards, they took several of us on a hike and showed us an Indian burial mount that is thought to be the burial mound of an Indian chief. There is a smaller mound nearby that may be the burial mound of his wife. You can also see stones nearby that are called “teepee stones”. They held down the flaps of the teepees that were pitched in the area, 
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