Today , in order, we passed the 2000 mile mark, crossed the Mississippi, and entered Illinois. It’s hard to believe we were in Los Angeles only 4 weeks ago and now we’re in Quincy, Illinois. We started a little late today because it is Sunday and had our SAG in Knox City, Missouri. Kind of a quiet town, Knox City, especially on a Sunday morning. Then it was more rolling hills before we descended to the floodplain and crossed the Mississippi. There’s a beautiful new bridge carrying westbound traffic, and the old bridge for people going east. Since there is no shoulder we had to occupy all of a lane to avoid being smushed. Fortunately there wasn’t much traffic on this Sunday and the drivers were polite.

We had a quick lunch by the river and then rode through Quincy to our hotel. There’s lots of late 1800s river town architecture here.

And even a bigfoot sighting all the way out here. He must be stalking us.

After dinner at the hotel we were treated to a good thunderstorm with hail and everything. As long as it’s tonight and not during tomorrow’s 106 mile ride to Springfield!