State SEVEN Illinois!

Hey guys i'm going to lay down some more rhymes from the ride today, which btws was with Katy and was supermuch fun, I looooove the flat midwest sometimes, and it's good for talking. Or making rhymes.

Yea, Illinois, cross another state off;
Went through so quick it's like crossing the date off;
Man these states are fast, they getting paid off?
Cause if so they go through money like Madoff.

Out in Illinois where the cars don't honk
Way far away from that east-coast honky-tonk
Having a good day, hope I don't bonk
THe only thing that hurts is my badonkadonk!

Just rolled into sweet Illinois
Pretty far from my home New Joise,
Man these are cute midwestern farm boys
Maybe I need a midwestern farm toy?

Hahah anyway, long flat pretty smooth roads; it's great. Note: to 'bonk' means to not eat enough while riding, so not take enough snack breaks, and get really tired and totally run out of energy. Usually easily prevented but sometimes it creeps up on you when you think you're having a great ride. Also, I'm actually not doing too badly with chafing, but it's a pretty constant topic of discussion for BnB riders.

Donationmagic shoutout to Wendy's of West Lafayette for giving my laundry crew four free chocolate frostys after I showed off my rocking tan lines and explained bike and build and that we were hungry, thanks guys!

Also to many locals of the town of Wasenka, or something like that, Illinois, which is about 15 miles east of where we are now, which is, umm, wow, I have no idea...towns go by really quickly...umm...Gilman, Illinois. Because the locals of Wasenka were really helpful during Katy and my half-hour long search for postcards. Verdict: there are no postcards to be bought in Wasenka. Or Gilman. I really plan on sending postcards though, send me your addresses, i think my email's listed somewhere on this blog, it's slickasapenguin@gmail.com

Small town people are soooo friendly it's great. Really really liking the midwest. Btw we had another 80 miles today. So yea...lotta saddle time. BUT WE'RE IN A NEW TIME ZONE YAY ONE MORE HOUR OF SLEEP!!!!! Ps, look at the bike and build website's route tracker, you can totally come visit me if you're anywhere near me in the country on our route on the day we come through, it will be fun!

ALso, in case anyone wanted some 'a day in the life' info about bike and build, every three days that includes filling two large tarps with laundry (everyone has a synthetics laundry loop that gets tied on all of their biking spandex, and a non-synthetics that gets tied on everything else) and hauling them quite bodily into a laundromat, and spending a TON of quarters to wash it all. We filled two 80-pound washers and two 45-pound washers. The water looked prety gross after it had ran through the laundry for more than three minutes...ugh...

Hah we're getting far enough from the coast that when we meet people, they either think we're awesome, or to quote a guy from a gas station today 'you are straight up crazy'. Which might be true too... Ahhh yay love bnb love showers love gold bond powder love cereal and milk and bananas love flat stretches love SLEEP goood nighhhhttttt