Staying Dry, but still sleeping in tents to keep the mosquitos away!!
13.6 mph average
Nice rolling hills most of the day. Rode alone all day today. I was also drug free all day today - no ibuprofin for my aching knees or hamstrings!!! That's an improvement - I've been needing motrin to get me through most days. The knee was hurting more when I stopped riding than when I was riding - gotta love arthritis. The check point was at the Illinois border in Beloit, WI and South Beloit, IL at mile 50. It was a rainy day today. I got rained on before the check point for a bit, then it stopped while I was at the checkpoint for me to eat lunch. It rained again for the last 15-20 of the ride for me. I got into camp at about 2 and the truck with our gear wasn't there yet. I was chilly and wet, but luckily the campground had a main building with a couch where I could sit and relax and watch the Tour with everyone while we waited for the truck to get there. We were allowed to camp under the picnic pavillion so we didn't have to set up our tents in the rain. It was supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow. What a treat it was to be able to put away a dry tent in the morning. I wasn't very impressed with the part of Illinois we rode through today. It seemed pretty drab with a lot of corn and soybeans. We did ride through Oregon and Brooklyn, IL though!
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