Sunday June 28th - morning

Blue skies here in Kankakee, IL. Quit raining about 3 am, rained really hard up until then. Everything is wet. Have it all draped across my bike, little shrubs, etc trying to dry it out. My French press finally broke, so I am drinking hot water while I read my Bible. Got to remember to buy some tea bags, decaff ones for the evening and another lighter, too much water in mine last night. Had to borrow some matches this morning from the neighbors. My goal today is to make it to LaCrosse, Wisconsin, about 350 miles. I will go into Iowa once I drive across Illinois, drive up the Mississippi, cross into Wisconsin, and drive up this scenic route along the river until I get to LaCrosse. Sounds good on paper.

My GPS quit working yesterday. It started shutting off and then restarting over and over. I finally figured out last night that I think it overheated. I will take it inside with me when I go to get something to drink so he can cool his little brain off some. It really is very handy when I am going through highly populated areas with lots of streets that don't show up on my map.

I have been on the road for an hour now this fine Sunday morning. The wind is blowing hard across the road, so I am in a constant state of turning the bike left to compensate. It is clear, no rain so far. I have enjoyed driving through Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois seeing all the farms and farm ground, lots of corn. No coffee at this station:-( Got to get some coffee soon before I go into some kind of shock from no caffeine! I will begin looking for a church at 10 am and see what pops up.

Man it is a real pain trying to fold up my map in this wind. Whoooooeeeee it is blowing.