Day 19 - Champaign IL to Clifton IL.  Todays ride was not bad, we rode into some pretty intense 15 mile per hour headwinds, but we had flat lands the whole way, and got into Clifton pretty early.  The awesome pool across the street let us swim for free, so we got to show off some pretty cool half-flips and face-flops along with our sweet tans to all of the locals.

States traveled through:11(NY,NJ,PA, DE, MD, DC, VA, WV, OH, IN, IL)
Distance today: 60 mi
Total Distance traveled:  1247 mi

Day 20 - Clifton IL to Homewood IL.  The ride today started off on another bad note, as we got lost about three times within the first 5 miles, but we ended up figuring it out since all of Illinois is made up of numbered roads and it is almost impossible to get lost.  I thought the ride was easy, and I kept having to tell myself to slow down since I wanted to be home so badly.  We ended up getting into Homewood at about 1PM and we greeted by my mom and bunch of other people, who proved to be the most vocal welcoming committee that we had seen all trip.  After that, the Mayor of Homewood himself showed up, and we were treated to free Coldstone ice cream, and then Mrs. Forrestell, my second-grade teacher, set up a pool visit, so the whole team was shuttled to and from a free trip to Lions Club Pool.  After that, the amazing people from the Faith Lutheran Church made us a great dinner including fried chicken and lasagna, and then we headed over to my house for more food, a few beers, and some quality time with all my friends.  I want to thank all my neighbors, Stack, Maria, Dudek, Hallman, Kalal, Kara, Lisa, Ward, Mav, Julia, Shane, and anyone else I may have forgotten who showed up from your various homes to hang out, I had a great time, and can't wait until I get back and we can hang out again!!!  Also, a huge thank you to my mom, and everyone who provided food and supplies for the party, because we are still eating the snacks and everything that we had at the party was amazing enough as well.

States traveled through:11(NY,NJ,PA, DE, MD, DC, VA, WV, OH, IN, IL)
Distance today: 70 mi
Total Distance traveled:  1317 mi