Miles: 482
We met at the gas station and got underway around 8:30. This felt a little odd leaving at this time, but with less than 500 miles to ride and gaining an hour we were in no big hurry. We nearly made it to Indianapolis before donning the rain suits. We stopped at the last exit before the I-465 loop. It wasn't long after getting on the other side of Indy before we exited and rode IN 234 towards our first destination of Deer Mill Covered Bridge. This was a nice looking bridge but it was still drizzling while we were there so we hung out inside the bridge and didn't stay very long. We continued on IN 234 running parallel to I-74 as we approached Champaign. We had stopped at Homer to gas up so we were on a good pace. We stopped at Triptych Brewing to get out of the rain and take a break. We brought our snacks in while we enjoyed a pint. We rode on I-72 for a short period before exiting on IL 10. We made a brief stop at Clinton Lake where we had stopped in 2013. It had just finished raining but the roads were still wet as we left Clinton Lake without our rain suits on. We stopped in Clinton for our final gas stop of the day. We continued on IL 10 through Lincoln and Havana as we crossed the Illinois River and into Western Illinois where the area is known as Forgottonia. This is an area between the IL River and the Mississippi River that has been historically overlooked by the rest of the state. I believe it goes back to the 1950s when a certain highway didn't get funded and the people in the area felt left out of the pork projects other areas of the state enjoyed. Having learned about the history it seemed only natural that we would stop in Macomb at Forgottonia Brewing. The brewery was nice and we sat outside but it had gotten rather humid so we made a short time of it before moving on. We had planned to ride around the nice looking courthouse and square but there was construction everywhere and we did our best just to navigate through town. It was mostly a straight shot due north on US 67 as we headed toward our destination of Davenport. The new bridge crossing the MS River was not in the map software I had so there was little confusion but we managed through it and stopped at a Car Wash before getting to the hotel. After checking in we rode a mile or so to Five Cities Brewing for our last pint and some food.