Day Three - Pocahontas to Emmetsburg

Here we go again! Days are starting to blur! What day is it? Tuesday? Wednesday? Where are we? 

Before ride saw this shirt and he obliged in letting me take a pic…mm maybe someone will be selling chocolate chip cookies today!

As we were heading out, remembered we’re in Pocahontas and Greg said there’s a statue somewhere and there was! Once around the river bend! 😉

One of the towns we rode through had a small petting zoo. 

And you’re right Tim, the pig squealed!

This group was great. As they road through town they played Christmas music!

In West Bend was this amazing unusual structure called the Shrine of the Grotto of Redemption.

The story of how the Grotto came into being: a young seminarian, Father Dobberstein became critically ill with pneumonia. As he fought for his life he prayed for the grace of health. He promised to build a shrine if he lived. The illness passed, the student completed his studies and after his ordination, he came to West Bend as Pastor in 1898. For over a decade he was stockpiling rocks and precious stones. The actual work of giving permanence to his promise began to take shape in 1912. The designed purpose of the Grotto is to tell in silent stone, the story of man’s fall and his redemption by Christ, the savior of the world.

And then we had delicious pie (I had rhubarb & Greg had apple crumb) with vanilla ice cream! Yum!

Another fun shirt!  Another day done!  56.4 miles!