Day 41 Marysville to Wooster.

I know I had set it properly, but the alarm did not go off at around 5.45am when it was supposed to have. Sarge woke me from a deep dream of peace at around 6.10am and breakfast had started 10 minutes earlier. I didn't take long to get dressed, but instead of rushing headlong into the breakfast scrum I packed first and took my luggage down, then went in when it was thinning out for a quick graze of the goodies. I was still able to make it to load in plenty of time.
When we started John joined us and our group now seems to be a constant 4. The pace was a little less hectic than yesterday, but that didn't stop us missing a couple of turns along the way, though nothing drastic. It was another lovely day with more huge fields of whispering corn and mica glistening in the road surface and for the millionth time fooling me into thinking it was glass. The first SAG spot at 33 miles was an overgrown area around a closed down store so not very picturesque, but we made the most of it. After that we encountered a few hills and a few people said at the same time, 'are we back in Missouri?'
It was a long hop to the second SAG at 74 miles but the location was better in a park area below a dam wall. At the re-start Gerrard and CJ joined us until we hit more hills, some of them a reasonable gradient, then CJ and John dropped off as the 4 of kept going. There were more hills but finally we were rewarded with a good downhill into Wooster. On the main street we found a place not unlike a DQ and popped in there for a qiuck milk shake and a bite to eat. Alan joined us and a little while later CJ joined us and then John, who had suffered a puncture. This info is pinched from a previous blog, but you may be interested to know that Wooster's claim to fame is that an early immigrant, August Imgard, introduced the Christmas tree to the USA in 1847.
After a shower and a beer in the lobby (only the beer in the lobby, not the shower), Bob Haugh joined us as he lives in Wooster. You may recall that Bob had fallen on the ride from Pueblo and suffered a fractured skull. He is progressing very well and hopes to be back on the bike sometime, but does not know when. Everyone was pleased to see him.
After a nice dinner it was a case of adjourning to the bar with the usual 3 plus Fred and Alan for a couple of 'Blue Moons.' Be rude not to. Back in the room later it seems that Sarge has an infected tooth that is causing him a bit of pain.
Today's distance was 102.8 miles.