<div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">WED AUG 13</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> <u>Des Moines to Mitchellville, IA</u></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I inquired
about bike trails and was able to find one. I had to ride around the south end
of the Fairgrounds where the State Fair was still going so the traffic was
bumper to bumper. I finally got to the trail and took it to Altoona. It was so
nice to be on a trail—shade, no traffic, and gradual inclines. At Altoona I got
on Hwy 6: it should be called Old Hwy 6 because it’s an old highway! On the way
I saw as number of cattle yards. I was reminded of the times I managed a herd
of cattle. I kept them where I wanted them, and moved them from one place to
another opening and closing gates. They had been trained to be obedient to my
commands. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">That
reminded me of the woman on the March that wants to treat the marchers like a herd
of cattle. Mitchellville has a Woman’s Correctional Institution. I wondered if
the woman who’s treating the March like a herd of cattle should be placed in
the Correctional Institution. I rode into Mitchellville and discovered that I
had ridden 2 miles past the Daniel Mitchell Park where we were to camp at
night. So I rode 2 miles back to camp. There were meetings scheduled but the
Marchers were late, so they didn’t happen. JJ and I went back to the library in
Mitchellville. We stayed and didn’t look at our watches. We left for camp
wondering if we’d missed dinner. We were late but there was still something to
eat. There was no evening meeting. I put my sleeping bag/mat out under a tarp.
The tarp collected dew and my sleeping bag was very damp in the morning. I
won't do that again unless the tarp is waterproof.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">
<b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">THUR AUG 14</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span> </span></span><u><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Mitchellville Park to Newton, IA</span></u><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span> </span>I left as soon as the Circle-up was
done. I have forgotten that Iowa has such rolling terrain: up and down hills on
old Hwy 6. They’ve re-named this section F48. Colorado and Nebraska had
shoulder (bike lanes) 5-7 ft wide. I don’t understand why Iowa has such poor
bike lanes. Sometimes they’re non-existent. The best ones are 2 ft wide. If
they are 3 ft wide they have washboard-like grooves that leave a little more than a foot
for the bike to ride on. I went to the 1</span><sup><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">st</span></sup><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> Presbyterian Church. Right across the street was the United
Presbyterian Church: both giant buildings! There was a potluck and a series of
presentations. One of the presenters was a Dan Kelley, a state legislator who
knows Ed, and he sited all of the work Iowa has been doing to create investments
in and employment for renewable energy. When the presentations were finished we
were introduced to the families that were hosting us overnight in home-stays. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Carl and Barb Zacheis hosted 5 of us; Ed, his son plus a dog, Kelsey,
Juliana, Zach S., and me. Kelsey is among those who have filed <u>Our
Children’s Trust </u>lawsuit against the State of Oregon. She was recently
informed that she will be on Bill Moyers’ show.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> On arrival </span><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Arial" size="3">I immediately
took a bath in the tub. Then I went downstairs to the lounge where the rest
were gathered. We didn’t talk for long because the plan was to return to the
church at 7am. That meant getting up, packing,
loading, and returning to the church by 7am. We went to bed and kept the
morning schedule.</font> </p></div></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div dir="ltr">Peace, David</div>
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