July 12 - Prophetstown, Illinois
This was our toughest wind day. Nice gusty winds out of the Northwest, just where we were heading! But we put in our biggest mileage day (82 miles - my record has been broken!) and found the greatest little town and the greatest little state park campground. The town sits along the Fox River and has the greatest homepopped popcorn ever! The next morning we were searched out by the reporter for the hometown paper, interviewed and photographed and were given a tour of City Hall by the Mayor of the town. All of this happened just because we were in town and people came up to talk to us. It really is amazing how friendly people are and how proud of their towns they are.
July 13 - The Mississippi River! Fulton, Illinois
We road from Fulton to Savanna along the Great River Road and saw the Mississippi a few times along the way. Today (July 13) we are in Galena, Illinois just ready to cross the Mississippi into Iowas. But not today. We are staying here for 2 nights in a lovely guest house, giving our legs and rear ends a well deserved rest. This area of Illinois is not the flat state we all imagine. The glaciers missed this area so there are many rolling hills. Our legs got a taste of the challenges to come on the way into town today. We're headed to Dubuque from here and the locals say there are many hills between here and there, so the flatlands are finished for a while!
About Me
- Mary and Dave
- We are at it again. We cycled 1200 miles down the coast of Oregon, into California, over the Golden Gate Bridge and into San Francisco. Then it was a ferry across the bay to Vallejo and a lovely side trip up the Napa Valley to Callestoga. That was the end of the bike portion of our trip.
