It was a short ride yesterday due to the late start and Leah and Chuck crossed the mighty Mississippi into Illinois and made it as far as Reynolds. After a meal at a local bar and grill, the establishment invited our two traveleers to sleep on the floor. A fine meal, shelter and a delicious pie (what more can you ask for?) as they celebrated Chucks 63 years of walking (or riding) on the earth. Today they put in a little more distance; 60-some miles clear to Kawanee where their luck held out and they were=again invited to stay in the home of John (picture enclosed) the triathlete guy they met. Cozy and warm in John's pad, Leah sounded pretty bushed when she called a couple of hours ago. The people in the midwest have been amazingly hospitable to our two road rats and it seems that they are open to making new friends. Enclosed are a couple of pix Leah sent and two Google Earth maps of where they they have stayed since they left Denver and where they are now in Illinois. The little yellow markers indicate the communities where they have spent a night.
Stevie Roman
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thanks for the maps, steve, that's a huge help. they're moving right along. very cool. Cathy came brought her bike by the shop the other day in her preparation to meet up with them in a couple weeks.
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