Golconda, IL to Devils Kitchen Lake campground - 51.8 miles
Not much to say on the day except for the heat! Don anticipated this and left with Kristen as soon as light broke and in the following days, the group would soon follow this lead. Leaving at 6 is so much nicer than leaving at 8. By 8 am its already 95 degrees out. I felt fairly sluggish in the morning but by afternoon I was feeling better, having met up with a couple other riders.
Perhaps it was the heat, but we ended up missing our turn and staying straight on a road for and extra 4 miles, for a total of 8 unecessary miles. Having made it to the final check point, I ate some fried chicken and a quart of chocolate milk and I was back on the road.
As soon as I arrived I realized our campsite was on a lake, so I quickly changed and was in that lake in 10 minutes... It was all worth it!
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