After taking a spill and landing on my camera, here are a few undamaged pictures.
Bonnie and Phil provided breakfast when I camped at Starved Rock State Park on the Illinois River.
Below: Phil feeds the wild turkey.
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| Illinois wind farms: the cash crop is electricty. |
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Near Boxley, Indiana:
I mistake the Dog Patch Hotel for a HOTEL.
It's a dog kennel and the owner let me sleep in the air-conditioned office. |
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| Crop duster. Cool! |
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Ronald Reagan slept here (as a baby).
Tampico, Illinois, where he was born in an apartment. |
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| Still selling? |
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| Look, Illinois is flat just like Ohio and Indiana. |
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Farm run-off (fertilizer) is clogging almost every lake, pond and stream I pass
with algae growth. |
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When you cross the Mississippi it's a huge psychological lift.
Yep: bicyclers need to get "psyched," too. |
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If it looks like I'm hot, it's because, damn it, I am!
Preparing to cross the Mississippi. |
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Bicycle trail along the Illinois River.
An old canal tow path. |
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Pedaling on a ridge in Iowa.
Notice the trim new figure. |
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Laundry day.
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John: Great photos, and I have told your "Hands up" story and "Dogpatch Hotel" story dozens of times in last few days. Ride on, be safe, and fall away from that camera if there's a next time. Hey, I don't see a sleeping bag in that gear; what are you sleeping in at night? Tim V.
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