I’M HOME AND I FEEL GRATITUDE
Day 79 August 8 Fairfield, IA to GRINNELL, IA the final 94 miles Total trip miles to date: 16,186 Today was a special day for several reasons. I stayed over in Fairfield, IA, which left a short hop to Grinnell. Overland, one of my sponsors, wanted me to stop in for a photo shoot for their fall catalog. I saw the layout and was impressed! We took the pictures and I was off to see the American Gothic home made famous in the famous Grant Wood painting in Eldon, IA. It was just a short ride off the highway to Eldon, so I stopped, took some shots, and saw a nice video on Iowa’s own Grant Wood. His unique style made him famous, and the American Gothic painting, his best-known work. As I was getting back into the Spirit to leave, I received an e-mail that I had been hoping for. A gentleman by the name of Charles Hughes e-mailed that he had been running along the Blue Ridge parkway near…