Illinois Day 4 ...
Hmmm, Illinois blog ideas... I got nuthin'.
Corn -- Check. Wind -- Check. Flat -- Check. Corn -- Check.
Greetings from Indiana!
Meet my boy Russell. I sw his orange flag waving in the breeze and thought he was one of our riders. Once I caught up to him I realized he probably wasn't riding cross country. So we stopped and had a little chat. Once he found out what I was doing he got a look on his face that said this was the dumbest thing he'd ever heard.
I asked him "is Boston that way?" and pointed down the road we were on. It's one of my little gags. He pointed over his shoulder and said "Boston thataway". I figured he was just confused.
Just to make sure, I asked him if this was the road to Crawfordsville, tonight's destination. He pointed over his shoulder again and said "Crawfordville thataway".
Hmm, Maybe I'm confused. So I look at my route sheet and see that Veetersburg is the next town. "Well, my next stop is Veetersburg." I tell him. "Veeterburg thataway" comes back. Turns out I had missed a turn back a little bit. I was headed down an old country road that was going to dead-end at a creek about 8 miles away. Country bumpkin Russell saved me a lot of sweating in the heat.
Today was helmet decorating day on tour. We had some pretty creative ideas. They'll likely show up in the final movie I make. Here's the group photo at the start of today's ride.
And here's my entry. After my travails the last few days it seemed only appropriate.
2 comments:
Very creative. I bet you never want to see Illinois again, eh?
Have fun in Indiana. Maybe the corn will be different or maybe some tomatoes or strawberries.
Ride carefully Joe Joe.
Okay, so let me get this straight -- you are riding across Indiana with a SHOE glued to your helmet when you run into little old Russell, who probably thinks anyone from California is a weirdo, prone to voting for liberals and eating tofu. I'm sure you helped dispel his belief that all of us from the West Coast are kooks! :-) Keep on pedaling!
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