Day Seventeen

Today was a really long day. We rode 117 miles from Muncie, IN to North Spencer, IN.

The day was off to a great start. We had a big breakfast, and were on the road by 8:40. Dr. Harvey road the first 10 miles with us, which was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, I think the way he took us was a little out of the way, but in the end I'm sure it didn't cost us more than about 5 miles.

The morning went pretty well. It was flat and pretty straight. We ate lunch at 3rd Generation Pizza and got chicken fingers. They were mediocre at best and gave me pretty bad indigestion. Blagh, oh well.

Some guy handed us two coupons for free sandwiches from Chick-Fil-A out of his car window. So we got those and were on our way

Near Plainfield, IN it started getting a bit hilly, and that lasted for about the last 40 miles of our trip. At about 20 miles left to go, we faced about 3 miles of dirt roads. And even when we made it off of the dirt, the roads were still terrible. With about 4 miles to go, it started to rain, and our last mile was on another dirt road. We got to our campground just before 10, so we rode for about 13 hours.

On the plus side, Dr. Harvey gave us some Halt dog spray. So we got the chance to use that a few times today when we were getting chased. For the most part we just yelled, "HALT" at the dogs, and usually they would stop... especially the chained ones.

Tomorrow: Effingham, IL (changing time zones!)