Last night, (Wednesday), Leah and Chuck rolled into Winona Illonois. They'd heard about the spaghetti and meatball special for $5.95 at the local Italian restaurant. By the time they got there however the place had run out of meatballs. Drat! they exclaimed expressing their disappointment to the management. So they settled on some unspecified dish. When you're peddling for seven hours at a stretch eating becomes really critical Leah said.
Anyway this AM they headed out but three and a half miles down the road they found they were heading in the wrong direction. Drat again they exclaimed as they swung their bikes around adding a total of 7 extra miles. They finally got back on track and rode another forty miles east to Odell Illinois, population, a little over 1000. They ran into Jim, Connie, and Craig Ribholz. Jim practically runs the town, and Connie works at the high school. Craig their son is going to the local community college studying agriculture. The Ribholz's were kind enough to offer our traveleers their shower when the one at the campground was closed. They all went out to dinner together at another local Italian joint although she didn't specify weather they finally got meatballs and spaghetti, Leah reports that they had a swell time.
The roads are good and the weather has been fine. They are going to meet Matt, Chuck's nephew-in-law somewhere between the Indiana border and and Cleavland, Ohio because he's heading west. When they hook up, he'll point his bike in East and finish the trip with them. Kathy is going to hook up with the team in Vermont. They should be crossing into Indiana if they put in a longish day tomorrow.
The Photos of Leah, and Chuck from a birds eye view were taken in Illinois. The one of the city hall was taken in Wyoming.
Stevie Roman
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