Day 24 - Effingham, Il to Springfield, Il
91 miles
In an effort to stay on top of blogging, I have started to update from my phone directly (yes, there is an app for that...) to avoid absurdly long lines for computer use. It's kind of a pain in the butt but we'll see how it goes.
Today was another long and hot ride. We made pretty good time in the morning and arrived at first lunch relatively early. When we got to mile 65 ish we pulled over for second lunch, which promptly turned into an hour and forty minute stop after a major lightning storm caused us to camp out for a bit. It was pretty crazy being outside (under a pavilion type thing) watching lightning hit straight down into cornfields. We waited it out and left when we thought it was safe to ride. We did get caught in some rain, but the Kristie, Bree, Lindsey and I were able to ride ahead of the storm for the rest of the ride. Every time we looked back all we could see were these black ominous clouds moving toward us. It felt like we were being chased. Other B&B ers were not so lucky and a bunch had to camp out in diners and gas stations.
Other than the storm, the only notable part of the ride was that the road curved around mile 70. Still surrounded by cornfields on either side, but a curve nonetheless. Welcome to the plains of the midwest p2sf!
On the way in, we stopped to get some donation magic subs from subway because we didn't have food for that evening. When we arrived at the church however, we found that they had left us donated food to cook for ourselves! Props to dinner crew for cooking it for us! Woo! Also, the church we stayed in was really cool. It was super old and had been part of the underground railroad. We had tons of space to spread out, which is always great...
Elise's parents ended up doing the ride with us and stayed to hang out for a few days. Her dad is a PA and was so generous in checking out all of our ailments and sickness. We are so appreciative of your help! Thanks so much!
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I think I am going to start having first lunch and second lunch, in honor of all you guys!
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