Hampton Inn Mattoon
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Effingham - A Day of Rest
... get the work done in a couple of hours. We spent some time there while Robby showed us his bikes, and other bikes that he was rebuilding for his customers, and he showed us some features on his Garmin 800 GPS, a valuable tool for a trip like ours but was unavailable before we left, and still is now. A piece of equipment like that makes riding in unfamiliar areas easier to navigate. After talking about our travel plans to ...
Mattoon to Effingham
... up with intrigue regarding our loaded bikes and mentioned he got rained out in the fields today. In the meantime, I was inside ordering yet-to-be-made-and-tasted fudge from Patty to send to my Dad, a fudge-maker in his own right!. The rain slowed so we took off for Effingham. Soon we were at a much slower speed of about 9 mph because of the wet roads and the wind picked up! No worries, only an hour and half to go. ...
Champaign to Mattoon
... ALL day out of the south. What a way to play with the psyche! Not only did we battle the wind, we "seemed" to be going up hill all day. And to think we chose Florida because it's down hill from Illinois! We got a few pictures showing the vastness of the Illinois prairie around us. The roads were narrow with little traffic with fields of beans planted one after another. We pedaled with all our might and slowly trudged forward. Since the streets are not ...
Winery stop
Since we decided that we are going to visit all the state together, and you can't count them from just driving through; we decided to stop in Illinois at a winery and do a tasting. The winery is a gorgeous Tuscan built building with a fountain and a round about out front. We went in a did a tasting and ended up walking out with 4 bottles. :P
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Heading to Reading, Pa
... funny the people that you meet in the U.S. there way of life and the things that they do that is so different, sometimes it's like visiting another country. Well we are heading to Reading, Pa. for the next and final race.....looking forward to it, Wes (son) will be joing us there (Marge is taking a sisters weekend) always good to see my oldest son. Nothing else going on, so CYA down the ...