Day 28 Sept 24




 Weather report for today was partly sunny with a chilly morning and very comfortable afternoon.  


It was little bit of a tough ride only because the roads were poor in places meaning we were bounced around a little.  The distance was 93 miles and as we left early we arrived in Champaign IL way early at 12:00.  The roads were flat and therefore fast.  The traffic was medium.  Therefore there was a lot of passing cars.  But with long straight aways and what is my guess as drivers being used to farm equipment, the people rushed by.  


As we had a lot of time we spent the first hour of it walking around Busey Woods a nature preserve.  This was relaxing and gave us a break from riding and some exercise.  Then Dianne wanted her DQ fix for the day which was easy,


Next stop was the Spurlock museum that covered all the ancient history from all the continents.  They did a really good job explaining not  only the history but also the culture of the different people that make up the world.  They also talked about world religions explaining key concepts and rituals followed.  


Other notes:

  • During the rural part of our ride we had 57 car passes today none of then were a problem
  • Only on truck was seen today and carrying grain
  • There were 6 old style elevators that we passed on the route today and the ones still operating were directly on the rail line and had expended storage with newer silos
  • Most of the corn was harvested
  • Saw one Christmas tree farm today
  • Saw tobacco field yesterday
  • We are discussing the final days rides have some choices to make from here








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