104.58km. 1,027m ascent. 5h02 ride time
Following a good night’s sleep in our motel and good food at supper we set off just after 07:00 and it was the first morning under 20C since a long, long time.
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A beautiful morning and again lots of hills, some pretty steep but none very long 👌
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We stopped in Farmington, which was about half way, for a coffee at Coljak Café (good but over expensive 🤬)
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Cool enough to sit outside to drink our coffee it made a worthwhile pause.
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We thought we were lucky stumbling on a brewery en route but they were closed for another hour so no luck there 😢
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We did come across a sign for home just before crossing the Mississippi 🤣
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Once over the Mississippi we arrived in Chester and Illinois. Chester is the home of Popeye and we have a mini hostel where the toilet is 100m and the shower 50m away. But it has AC.
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Here at the hostel, we met Bill who is riding his own route and has taken a day off today
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As there was a barber shop made out of an old railway wagon just across the car park I decided to get a haircut
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Dinner was fish in the place just next to the hostel and a very good fish dinner it was