by timshazz | Apr 16, 2019 | Cycling in North America
Preemption, Illinois to Muscatine, Iowa: (52kms) The next morning, after an early coffee, Dan dropped us back to the church in Preemption so that we could resume on route to Muscatine. We had booked an Airbnb for 3 nights and were looking forward to the rest. We...
by timshazz | Apr 16, 2019 | Cycling in North America
Henry to Kewanee: (68kms) We decamped the waterfront park, but not after having to dry our tent out again from the morning’s dew. Fortunately, it doesn’t take long and we were making our way through the shady streets of Henry to a Casey’s gas station...
by timshazz | Apr 14, 2019 | Cycling in North America
Ashkum to Odell: (64kms) It was still raining when we got up. We emptied the tent and pulled it under the pavilion and tried to dry it as best we could. There’s nothing worse than packing a wet tent. We decided to wait it out, but not there, back at the BP where...
by timshazz | Apr 14, 2019 | Cycling in North America
Dream Acres Campground to Rensselaer: (40kms) It was a short day today from Dream Acres Campground, nothing special, just the usual corn to see. We cycled to the town of Monon, a short way away for breakfast. There was a Casey’s gas station where we could get a...
by timshazz | Apr 14, 2019 | Cycling in North America
Kil So Quan State Park to Wabash: (50kms) Leaving Kil So Quan, the climb back up to the main road got our blood circulating fast! It was already quite warm as we turned east to head out around the State Park and across the Wabash River. Just below the river we turned...
by timshazz | Apr 13, 2019 | Cycling in North America
Defiance, Ohio to Monroeville, Indiana: (72kms) Leaving Defiance, we used the footpath to cross back over the Maumee River and headed south-west out of town. Our route had us following the Auglaize River to the appropriately named “Junction”, a few houses...
