Monday, July 31, 2006
Day 34 - 40
Madinson to Belvidere, IL - 84 miles
Belvidere to Coal City - 107 miles
Coal City to La Porte, IN - 104 miles
La Porte to Kendallville - 91 miles
Kendallville to Napoleon, OH - 72 miles
Napoleon to Sandusky - 94 miles
Sandusky to Burton - 92 miles
Four states in seven days! Most of the riding was rural dairyland with Amish farms, corn, more corn, lakes, more corn, heat, humidity and mosquitos. This is not an area I would ever bike through again. If you stop for anything the mosquitos find you in about 10 seconds and their buddies show up a few seconds later. The temp has been in the 90's with the heat index around 110.
I managed to get the flu again the night before the ride to Sandusky. I am writing this on our day off in Burton and I am still a little sick. I am finally able to eat today so hopefully I will regain some strength.
There is a large amusement park in Sandusky so everyone got an early start that day to leave time for the park in the afternoon. We stayed in a city park that evening and it was really noisy until 2am.
The last day we move away from Lake Erie and into the hills. We also rode through downtown Cleveland but it was Sunday so the traffic was not bad. I believe this is the biggest city that we have been through.
Belvidere to Coal City - 107 miles
Coal City to La Porte, IN - 104 miles
La Porte to Kendallville - 91 miles
Kendallville to Napoleon, OH - 72 miles
Napoleon to Sandusky - 94 miles
Sandusky to Burton - 92 miles
Four states in seven days! Most of the riding was rural dairyland with Amish farms, corn, more corn, lakes, more corn, heat, humidity and mosquitos. This is not an area I would ever bike through again. If you stop for anything the mosquitos find you in about 10 seconds and their buddies show up a few seconds later. The temp has been in the 90's with the heat index around 110.
I managed to get the flu again the night before the ride to Sandusky. I am writing this on our day off in Burton and I am still a little sick. I am finally able to eat today so hopefully I will regain some strength.
There is a large amusement park in Sandusky so everyone got an early start that day to leave time for the park in the afternoon. We stayed in a city park that evening and it was really noisy until 2am.
The last day we move away from Lake Erie and into the hills. We also rode through downtown Cleveland but it was Sunday so the traffic was not bad. I believe this is the biggest city that we have been through.
# posted by Jack Turner : 9:00 AM
