{"id":9990,"date":"2013-07-24T10:39:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T14:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=9990"},"modified":"2013-07-24T10:39:20","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T14:39:20","slug":"day-33-tuesday-july-23-bismarck-to-napoleon-north-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=9990","title":{"rendered":"Day 33. Tuesday, July 23 – Bismarck to Napoleon, North Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was overcast when we left, but since there was no wind, the 55\u00b0 did not feel that chilly and it kept the morning cool. \u00a0So refreshing to ride not only along a tree-lined street\u00a0\"\"<\/a>but a bike path for the seven miles stretch out of town. \"\"<\/a>As we came to the end of the bike path, we climbed a hill and said goodbye to civilization\"\"<\/a>as we headed out to the country.\"\"<\/a>About an hour into the ride, we picked up a mild headwind; not that tough, but takes it’s toll after miles and miles and hours and hours on the bike. \u00a0The road was straight, but rolling,\"\"<\/a> non-stop rolling, but the vistas….Fabulous.\"\"<\/a> Today’s ride is what Jerry always refers to (in running terms) as LSD, long, slow, distance, as that is what we did,\u00a0all day<\/em>. \u00a0We enjoyed the sights\"\"<\/a> as we plodded along\"\"<\/a>the Lawrence Welk Highway, yes, had to take a picture as I would not have believed it either.\"\"<\/a>Marck, if you are watching, this one’s for you; we know how much you enjoyed our corn pictures before.\"\"<\/a>Close to 50 miles we came to the only town that offered a re-charge and dragged ourselves in for food and water. \u00a0It was a great one hour break. \u00a0After lunch we had the country road\"\"<\/a> almost to ourselves. \u00a0For 26 miles, we maybe saw a dozen cars and Scott (from Santa Barbara) \"\"<\/a>biking from NYC back home. \u00a0We chatted with him until the sun came out and really made the day hot. We had been spoiled with the cool overcast skies\"\"<\/a>but the sun offered nice views, too.\"\"<\/a> Our approach into town was over a land bridge, which gave a different look than we’d seen previously.\"\"<\/a>Bobby T. this is the closest we could come to swans, for you.\"\"<\/a>Made it to our Mozy Motel by 4:30; it was a long 75 mile day with eight hours on the bike seat but a good day.\n\t\t