We had a rough day  today. Waved by to Brenda: 

Headed up the dirt road hill from their house and....Earline's trike seized up again!! 

What??!! 

But she happened to turn around quick enough in her seat to catch it....the back rack was rubbing on her tire! When the bags and her were both sitting on the trike, it brought the rack down enough to touch! (That was the burning smell she smelled yesterday!) 

I noticed the rack DID have a setting to make it sit up higher, so after unloading everything, making the adjustment, and loading everything back on, we were (AGAIN) on our way! 

The first little hill out of the property was a doozy , however, and Earline aggravated her leg again. She is in such pain! We limped a couple miles into Bemidji. 

Took pictures by Paul Bunyan and Babe. 

[Editor's note: Bob, yes even the Babe knows you! (see Day -5)] 

One of the ladies at the Tourist Information Center next to PB sent us to the organic/homeopathic store, and one of the clerks recommended an ointment that she said all the bicyclists swore by, called Arniflora, which contains arnica . (Earline said she'll try ANYTHING.) 

We've been rubbing it on often. Verdict, Earline? (She says, "Child, I don't know!) 

While still in Bemidji, we had another MR crossing.

We also passed our very first Dairy Queen. (Yea!) 

On the way out of town, Earline continued to experience terrible pain in her right leg below the knee - we'd go 100 yards, she stop and try and stretch it out, and then go another 100 yds.....slow going! 

Crossed another bridge - Bridge # 10:

Eventually we made it to Oak Haven Resort , and we decided to end the day's journey there, after about only 15 miles. Earline got some rest, and I worked on the Day 1 blog. 

Earline says the pain is so sharp, but once she stops triking the pain mostly goes away. And it's only the right leg. 

She jokes about it, though, and then gets ME thinking of jokes, like "I haven't heard so much moaning and carrying on since our honeymoon!" (Actually, we never had one, so I guess THIS is our honeymoon.) 

Or, "There isn't enough cheese in the whole state of Wisconsin to go with all that "whine" that I'm hearin' today!" 

See, now I've got all the women mad at me for being 'insensitive!'

But guys, you know what I mean, right? She IS the "weaker vessel." (1 Peter 3:7)

(Shoot, if Earline reads this the honeymoon WILL be over......HA!)

HMMMM! Any othe diagnoses from YOU? 

Good night, all.....we'll try it again tomorrow. 

TGG, 

jon