Champaign, Ill to Crawfordsville, In.
Miles: 80.7
Time: 5:17
Average: 15.3 mph
Max: 29.5 mph
Ascent: 1,421
Est. Calories: 5,461
After a nasty weather warning of a night, including severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings, we started the day with damp roads, and standing water in places. But on the lighter side of things, we also started the day with crazy helmet decorations. Some of those are shown above. The last picture is yours truly, and I had balloons with various candies in the helmet holes. The idea is that it is the Party SAG. I donated the candies for the real SAG as I did not wear this stuff past the few minutes pre-ride. The next picture up is my roomie with a wine screw in the helmet that said: "screw old age"; which was appropriate as the second oldest on the ride. The other two most decorated people actually wore their stuff all day.....go figure. Harry, our British rep, was decked out in USA flags and stuff; and Nancy had long flowing BLUE hair.
The day actually turned out perfect: no rain, partly sunny, enough clouds to make it comfortable, a bit higher humidity, a fairly short day, virtually no ascent, and just a fun group to ride with. Looking for food by mid-day produced The Bus Stop; a small cafe in Veedersburg that was just a fun place, and not really a Bus Stop. All the people were very accommodating and friendly, and wanted to talk with us. One local couple actually came out to look at our bikes and learn more about our ride. While the cafe were out of a lot of things on the menu, what we had was all good. Pictures were being taken with babies, and we all n' all we had a good break in the day and gave the local Veedersburg-ites something to talk about. Once again, kudoes to middle America.
The top picture is credit to the "ghost riders in the sky"....empty bikes moving toward an Ice Cream sign......How appropriate! I guess you might even say that ice cream could be said to be our primary food group. One person, George, is stopping at every DQ he sees all across the county for a Blizzard with the same toppings each and every time. The rest of us at least vary our ice cream preference over time. My personal preference is for hard ice cream, not the soft ice cream you get in DQ's.
TIP: For those that may not be aware, if you click on the pictures in the blog, they will increase in size, with more visible detail. See ya..................
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