We are starting to notice a trend: each day we get going later than we did the previous day!

Today's route took us from Hutchinson to Darwin to Kimball to St. Augusta, and finally, 60 miles later, to St. Cloud. We rode in as a group through town, to the Whitney Recreation Center, where we ate supper and performed a show.

Following the show, Guy Hansen attempted to break his world record (.3 miles) for pedaling a unicycle with his hands. He used a 24" uni with handle-bar pedals and a normal saddle which he sat on backwards.  Although he came within 200 feet of breaking his record, he was too fatigued to actually set it.

Special thanks to the Camera Shop, Ca$hWi$e/Coborns, Bernick's Pepsi-Cola, Best Western Kelly Inn, Country Inn & Suites, Super 8 Hotel and Ramada Limited & Suites.

QUOTES OF THE DAY!

"I don't think anybody is as crazy as we are." - Irene Genelin

"Man, I hate unicycle rush hour!" - Andy Cotter, as 35 unicyclists start riding again after a break in Darwin.

"I did not order this hill. And I ordered a TAIL wind." - Jenni White.

"Unicycling is not natural!" - Jenni White. Connie decided that this statement was so true that it deserves to be Rule Number 11 (see yesterday's update).

HIGHLIGHTS:

~One of the day's bright spots  was seeing the world's largest ball of twine made by one man, Darwin's claim to fame. This enormous twine ball weighs 8.7 tons and stands 11 feet tall! Francis A. Johnson, the creator, started the project in 1950 and finished the ball 29 years later, holding the world record until 1994. The current largest twine ball was made by several people and weighs much less because it is made of plastic twine.

~Getting on TV and in newspapers! We were interviewed by Kare 11 TV and the St. Cloud Times.

~Spectators coming out of houses and sitting along the road to cheer us on and say thanks.

~Riding with Irene because she has a speaker on her CamelBak, providing musical entertainment for all those around her.

~Guessing riddles about pelican soup, playing "I Spy" (while ignoring the TV reporters), and making up weird games about animals and water towers.

TOP FIVE COMPLAINTS:

1. saddle soreness!!

2. knee problems

3. achilles tendon problems

4. pulled calves

5. sunburn

TOP FIVE THINGS NOT TO PUT IN YOUR CAMELBAK:

1. milk

2. mashed potatoes

3. fizzy beer (flat beer is OK, according to Roger the Expert)

4. cold gravey

5. toothpaste