6/22/09 ~ After a great nights sleep in the Maloney's basement, we woke up and Brenda provided a great breakfast for us. With full stomachs, we packed the BOBs, said goodbye to Brenda and headed east for the Mississippi and Illinois. Along the way, we actually got to see Jay on the side of the road. We rode onwards and with the exception of some wet roads, we avoided rain and hit the might Mississippi.
Crossing that river was quite a milestone as we really began to feel like we were back in the east. We broke for lunch on the other side of the river in Quincy and did some bike repairs and cleanup. Than we got back on the saddle and continued riding onwards to our final destination of Rushville Illinois.
It was sweltering hot and about 5 miles outside of Rushville we noticed a pristine lake with a water trampoline and a blob right next to a local church. We stopped in and found out that it was a church run summer camp and they were having summer camp there that week. There were kids from Alabama, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. They were happy to let us swim in the lake and they also provided a delicious supper. As usual, we turned a lot of heads with our goofy biking spandex and ridiculous tan lines.
After that we rolled down to Rushville to find a place to stay. We had a horrible time finding a place but were finally blessed with meeting Pastor Steve of the local free methodist church. He told us the local churches had a fund that was to provide for people who were stranded and needed shelter. So, he called the local campground which also had air-conditioned rooms and we got to stay in one of those rooms that night. It was great to relax in the AC before hitting the sack. It was a long hot day and a cool room with a soft bed was just the thing we needed.
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