Elizabethtown - Carbondale
81 miles
6 hours and 33 minutes in the saddle
34.6 mph max speed
12.3 mph average speed
We left our very nice hotel at 6.50am this morning as we were keen to beat the heat of the day and the afternoon thunderstorms. The heat and humidity today has sapped our energy and the hills in Illinois are not big, but they are steep and there are lots of them.
We pushed on as hard as our legs allowed us, with storm clouds bubbling up around us. Thankfully we reached Carbondale without any rain. Carbondale is a big city of 20,000 people and the University of Southern Illinois is based here. Tomorrow we are planning our second rest day.
We are staying at Super 8, which is well within out budget and we have had a meal at a Chinese restaurant. It is a relief to not eat fast food, fried food or burgers.
We have had a great day for wild life sightings. Stephen saw a wolf this morning, less spectacularly we have seen snakes, deer, turtles, a marmot and wild turkey. Thankfully, we have not seen many dogs! We are glad to be in Illinois.
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