Bicycle Touring The World: Rantoul to Lebanon, Indiana, USA
My latest bicycle touring around the world update, cycling across the USA through Indiana. Rantoul to Lebanon. 106 miles. Long day today, making up for my short day yesterday. Made a little later by the fact that I lost another hour. I’m now on Eastern Standard Time, my last time zone in the US.
I stopped off at a McDonald’s for lunch and talked to a group of old people. They’d been meeting in McDonald’s every week since the 1960s! I couldn’t quite get my head around that. I always associate McDonald’s with younger people. Forgetting that McDonald’s has been around in the US a lot longer than in the UK, they would have grown up with it. They were lovely people, and I must have spent a good hour talking to them. One even gave me some of her homemade cake.
I tried eating at an “Arby’s” tonight, thinking it was more of a restaurant rather than fast food. It wasn’t. They sold beef rolls, which weren’t really filling. It was just a bit posher than a McDonald’s! I might as well finish off the evening with a KFC, then I’ll have eaten at all the fast food outlets today!
Tour Information
It’s been years since I took this ride, but the memories (and the data) are all archived:
- Photos: See my photos on Flickr
- The route: View my journey around the world
- Videos: Check out my YouTube videos
- Tour page: Ride overview
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