USA Coast to Coast stage 29 Champaign IL to Crawfordsville IN

 130KM, 535M climbed, 5 hours 21 minutes 

Total 3,739KM, 21,808M climbed, 152 hours 47 minutes 

Yesterday was our 4th rest day in Champaign Illinois (hometown of 80’s AOR band REO Speedwagon) and I met up with 2 guys Rod and Eric who I did LEJOG with in 2019.  Rod and Eric are retired police officers who were kind enough to drive 2 hours from their hometown of Oblong Illinois and meet up with me.  We took in the sights of Champaign (mainly the university) and had a great lunch at Portillos.

Even after a rest day I struggled with the first 40 miles of the ride today both mentally and physically and felt a bit homesick.  After the rest stop my mood improved and I enjoyed the rest of the ride.  This included crossing the state line into our 9th different state Indiana and also into our 3rd and final different time zone (Eastern).

The further east that we head the closer the distance between towns which means a lot more to see but also the number of traffic lights per ride starts to increase which can be a pain.

Tomorrow we ride through Indianapolis the biggest city since we left Los Angeles.

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