Day 38 June 29th The Baker

Rest Day. Ames IA 0 miles (1,634)

Carolyn, Hawk's wife (see posts for days 36 and 37), has been busy making sure I don't lose too much weight. She gets up early every morning and bakes goodies. Here are some of the treats I've been enjoying:
Strawberry rhubarb pie, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate mint brownies, rhubarb coffee cake, cinnamon coffee cake, and banana bread. Yummmmmmmm!

Today, which was another rest day for me, we visited Hawk and Carolyn's property where they are building a new house:
We did some bushwhacking and came across some tasty berries:
For dinner we went out to Hawks favorite restaurant:
For dessert, we shared two of these:
I think we all had too much to drink (was there something in the tea I ordered?) because the double entendres were flowing freely without reserve. I will leave it to the reader's imagination.

Comments

  1. Angie RJuly 1, 2021 at 9:45 PM

    Love, love 💕 the photo of Carolyn’s treats. Much better 😋 than food wrapped in bacon!

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  2. Robert AJuly 1, 2021 at 9:52 PM

    Man, now I’m jealous of ALL the treats you get to eat🙂
    You’re going to be carb’ed up pretty good for the next leg of your trip!...🚴‍♂️...!

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  3. UnknownJuly 1, 2021 at 10:48 PM

    Mark and I are catching up on your travels and reailze Marks Mom & Dad have a friend our age who moved from CA to IA, Ames to be exact, so its such a small world!! Looks like you've been meeting a lot of great people!! What a great experience!! Looking forward to checking in more as you go on your way! Prayers and love from us and Lodi!

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  4. Capt HawkJuly 2, 2021 at 8:04 AM

    We tried to fatten him up for lonely Nebraska ahead

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  5. velomomJuly 2, 2021 at 10:14 AM

    Looks like you got spoiled Rolff! How great to see the "kids!" It's been about 10 years since I have seen them - all grown up and beautiful! Wow, Hawk and Carolyn sure pulled out the Valley Springs...ugh, I mean Iowan hospitality!

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