20 October 2019, Sunday Start: Illini State Park, IL End: Starved Rock State Park, IL Miles: 20 Everyone was very helpful this morning getting packed up and on the road. We had a no-cook breakfast of yogurt, hardboiled eggs and cold cereal and were on the road by 7:45am to attend 9:30 church. As usual, […]
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29 September 2019 Sunday This morning we gorged ourselves at breakfast at the hotel. I think Hunter said he ate two English muffins, a bagel, two yogurt cups, a muffin, sausage and eggs, and perhaps even waffles. We then rode 2 miles to the church to attend the 10:30 meeting. I get hot when we […]
Read more22 September 23, 2019, Sunday Layover: Evangola State Park Today was a day of rest for us. We lounged around camp reading scriptures and walking along the lake shore. We were able to participate in Stake Conference by biking about a mile inland (away from the lake) to where we had some cell reception. We […]
Read more13 September 2019 Friday Palmyra, NY Miles: 24 miles We spent the morning finishing up our gear preparations, then at 11:00 Josh drove away and we biked into Nauvoo. We went to the Hill Cumorah, then the Smith Family Farm and Sacred Grove. We had hoped to attend the temple but it was closed for […]
Read moreI’m copying my personal journal of our sabbatical journey here to the blog more or less unedited. Therefore, you can get all the beauty and confusion of my stream of consciousness writing along with errors and omissions. I’ll try to make weekly posts including a video of the week. I’m not going to spend a […]
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