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Post #25: At 5:25am I picked up Guitar Ted. He was on his porch waiting for the Subie to pull up. Tammy was already driving down to Vinton. We loaded Guitar Ted's bike, and we left for Vinton, about a 30 minute drive south of Waterloo on HWY 218.

We arrived in Vinton and parked, we assembled the group, and rolled out about 6:20am. As we headed north from Vinton, the river and wet lands were emitting a cold fog in the air. As the sun rose in the morning sky, it dissipated. We motored out on 5 miles of pavement till we finely hit the gravel.

We went north just above Urbana then worked our way to Center Point. We passed Cox Cemetery and followed the river on top of a ridge till we descended and we transitioned Missouri crossing.

I did get a lot of my Veloveiwer squares poked on this ride. I did a few intentional pokes, while GT and Tammy waited for me. With that said we rolled into Center Point and visited the large Casey's that has a McDonald's and a Subway.

We left town and headed west across I-380. We rode the southern side of the Cedar River towards Vinton. The last half of our ride was not as good as the 1st half. More straight roads, less shade. That was by design. Tammy had been off the bike for awhile, so i created a 50 mile bail out option for him. It was not utilized, so he did the 62.7 route. With that said, we did find a Pioneer Cemetery on 62nd St. It was tucked off the gravel road, with a ground hog hole filled access road.

We finished the ride with no fan fair, loaded up the bikes and headed north to home.

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