Tonight I write from Homewood, IL, about 20-30 miles south of Chicago, and home to Jesse Krantzler, one of our riders.
It was great getting to see and hang out with everyone in Champaign the other night... Tons of great food at Dr. Woods place and then some chillin at Murphys. Too many beers- typical.
The rides the last two days have been pretty boring, both 65-75 miles or so and through pretty much nothing but corn. Both yesterday and today, though, we were rewarded with free entrance to the community pools, a nice reward for a hot sweaty beast. Yesterdays pool had a high dive and todays a water slide. Can't ask for much more. Also, today when we got in, the mayor of the town had set us up with free ice cream from coldstone. I went with the "All lovin, no oven"
In a little while we will have a sweet dinner at the church we're at, followed by more food, possibly dessert at Jesse's house. His mom is super nice. His dad lost a fight with cancer a few years ago so I can tell that she is really glad to have us and especcially fond of what we are doing. Later tonight we are meeting with some people from the Cancer support center here in town, who have also provided us with some sweet snacks.
Tomorrow we ride into Millenium Park, or possibly Willenium Park. Saturday we have a rest day in Chicago. Not sure what we will do, but I'm lookin forward to a free day in the city. Seems impossible that we will be reaching Chicago tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who has sent me messages telling me how much you are enjoying following this- good to know I'm not doing this for noone.
Heard that Losman is trying to get a job in the United Football League, which I just found out was a league today... what a bum... he should be baggin grocerys at wegmans