Rain rain rain. All day it poured on us as we headed into St. Louis. Before beginning our 55 mile day we Nathan’s parents sponsored our breakfast by making eggs, bacon, homemade donuts, fruit, and juice. Shortly after leaving the rains came pouring down. It was so rainy that at times the visibility was only about 15 feet at best. Regardless, we had a great time going riding in the rain; it kept us cool and took our minds off the difficult times in the ride. With the weather acting up for the whole day everyone seemed to be getting flats, I had two today. Total by the end of the day there were 22 flats between everyone which easily set a record for the most in a day.
We had a large arrival and escort into St Louis as much of Jay’s family and friends were there, along with a few other family of guys on the team. I didn’t get to ride into the arrival because I got a flat in the very first 2 minutes after stage up and had to quickly pull over and throw my bike on the van so we could keep moving with the police escort. Lunch was an upscale pizza feed at Vito’s Pizza, sponsored by Dominic’s parents, a cyclist on our team. After we headed for lodging at the Hilton in downtown St. Louis right ne
xt to the famous Arch. Jay’s uncle is in the hotel business and was able to hook us up with rooms in the Hilton.Dinner tonight was provided by Jay Stuckel, a University of Missouri grad and very active and committed member of Pi Kappa Phi. He and his family made some wonderful homemade food and were very hospitable. That night we went out and explored the downtown nightlife. St. Louis was a pretty fun and active city. Tomorrow we have a day off, I’m excited for a friendship visit at the park.
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