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Chicago to Zion, Illinois Monday, May 17, 2021 Funny how, in the space of five years in the early 1980s, three iconic movies were made about the North Shore of Chicago: the aforementioned Ferris Bueller‘s Day Off, Ordinary People, and Risky Business, launching the careers of Matthew Broderick, Timothy Hutton, and Tom Cruise. This wasContinue reading “North Shore Cinema”

Chicago, Illinois. Sunday, May 16, 2021 A sunny Sunday in Chicago. A beautiful hotel room, right in the center of town. A planned down day—no schedule. Surely I could give Ferris Bueller a run for his money. It didn’t quite work out that way. I slept late, had a leisurely Trader Joe’s breakfast, worked onContinue reading “Scott Luria’s Day Off”

Rochester, Indiana to Chicago, Illinois. Saturday, May 15, 2021 Ben & Christine eat much healthier than I do. I announced I was going to Denny’s in the morning for a grand slam breakfast, and they politely demurred. It was actually pretty great, eight dollars for three eggs, three strips of bacon, and three pancakes. IContinue reading “Just a little of that human touch”

Rochester to Dinwiddie, Indiana Friday, May 14, 2021 The spacing of the lodging options did not really work out today, my choice was to go 40 miles or 75 miles. It was supposed to be a beautiful day without much wind, so I opted for the longer trip. A bit concerning, because I hadn’t doneContinue reading “Hail fellows, well met”

Marion to Rochester, Indiana Thursday, May 13, 2021 Instead of Four Weddings and a Funeral, get it? Today started out so great. It’s the first really nice day I’ve had in weeks, sunny, light wind, almost 70, I could wear my shorts and sandals. Today I was treated to not one but four different bikeContinue reading “Four Bike Paths and a Fiasco”

Muncie to Marion, Indiana Wednesday, May 12, 2021 I barely slept last night, worried about losing all of my data. How silly. One of my favorite movies is Deliverance, and the scene where the Burt Reynolds character is bragging about being a survivalist. “The system’s gonna fail” he says, as he impales a fish withContinue reading “Slave to technology”

Greenville, Ohio to Muncie, Indiana. Monday and Tuesday, May 10-11, 2021 My clothes dried out but not the cell phone, still couldn’t get it to work properly. Stopped by the Verizon office in Greenville, and Gina was very helpful, saying I had insurance protection and could get a new iPhone delivered, possibly the same day,Continue reading “Hoosiers and zeros”

Bellefontaine to Greenville, Ohio. Sunday, May 9, 2021 Today I faced a dilemma (it’s my middle name). 30 miles to the northwest was Wapakoneta Ohio, birthplace of Neil Armstrong, one of my childhood heroes. We have all been recently reminded of his feat by the movies First Man and Armstrong, which commemorated the 50th anniversaryContinue reading “Rain man”

Upper Sandusky to Bellefontaine, Ohio Saturday, May 8, 2021 Having reasonably recovered from yesterday‘s grind, I was looking forward to a more leisurely day today, only 48 miles to go and again, a northwest wind which would be just a little bit back of a crosswind. I was dawdling packing up, until I checked theContinue reading “What’s the point?”

Huron to Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Friday, May 7, 2021 Serves me right. You get cocky, you deserve what’s coming to you. I started the day a little more nervous than usual. Saying goodbye to Erie, and to the Adventure Cycling route, I was striking off on my own across Terra incognito. I have two versionsContinue reading “Mama said there’ll be days like this”