This morning was beautiful. We drove back to the point where we stopped
yesterday. The last couple of days Cal has
been giving comments showing signs that he is beginning to be unmotivated about
this ride. But we decided to continue
until we are directly east in Illinois of southern Iowa border so that if/when
we resume the ride it would be close to home, but in Illinois. This morning Cal realized that today he will
have ridden 1000 miles! He asked me, “What
if we stop after I go 1000 miles?” This
decision is his, not mine. He is the one
doing the work, not me.
Everything was going well, good
roads, good shoulders on the roads, a little tail wind and beautiful weather. But then all of a sudden the shoulder on the
road abruptly stopped. He was just at
the 1000 mile mark! When he saw the
shoulder situation he said, “This is it, we’re going home”. He loaded up the bike and we were on our way
home. He stopped riding directly east of
St Louis in almost the center of the State of Illinois.
We do not if or when Cal will resume
the ride. Maybe never! Right now he is tired and unmotivated. We are home. We knew that on Monday morning we
would stop and drive home as we have commitments this week that we cannot
change, but we were going to try to get as far north in Illinois as
possible. However those plans changed!
We had a great 1000 mile ride.
Some photos from today.
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| Flat South Central Illinois Countryside |
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| Working Illinois Oil Wells |
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| Turtle Crossing the Road |
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| Turtle made it Across the Road |
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| Moving Bales |
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