Heading for home! Rain in forecast for first 3 hours so many of us were hessitant to start. After looking at Randoplan and the radar I started at 5:45am, Got a few showers in the first 20 miles, but nothing really hard. Shoes got wet and the feet wet. My left foot started to hurt from being to wet and wrinkly. I was wearing the heavy black shoes. Mike suggested later that the wool socks might have been better to wear and to take off the shoes at the controls, just so the socks can dry a bit. Still some hard climbs today. Once we got to the MIssissippi, there was a great bike trail to Hastings. THen abt 2 miles west of Hastings, another great bike trail through the Mississippi Parkway area. Then the Pkwy ended and while in outskirts of Twin Cities, there was still abt 25 miles of quasi city riding to get to the end. No food at end, at abt 630pm. I was 2 hrs later than planned. So showered & changed in Mike's hotel room. Mike and I walked to the cowboy bar/restaurant and ate. Then I packed up the car and drove to Merrill, WI. LONG day. Rode solo most of today. In overview, I was in the middle of the pack of ~42 riders, for every day. There were 2 sort of loose clumps, the fast and slow. I was the strung out set of fast, with about 1 hour to the start of slower group behind me.