Hot and Humid Illinois

On Friday July 19, after a relaxing rest in Madison Wisconsin, we rode 93.9 miles to Garden Prairie Illinois.  It was very hot and humid all day long, but especially during the last 20 miles of the ride.  The wind was blowing steadily from the southwest so for the most part we had good tailwinds, however we were zigzagging most of the day so it was an occasional tailwind, then side wind and sometimes a headwind.  I rode most of the day with Tom and Jeff and we finished in just under 7 hours.  Tonight we are camping at the Holiday Acres campground.  We are hoping that the forecast for severe weather, thunder, lightning, hail,  actually happens so it cools things down for tonight and tomorrow.  Tomorrow is a 106 mile day...