Day 13 Detoured to Dixon IL 60mi

Expected rainy weather for the coming overnight lasting into the next morning and proximity to our parents home had Wendy and I detour from the Mississippi and reroute to Dixon IL.   This was always in our alternative plans for this trip. Cindy and Doug would be heading south towards Rock Island, IL to stay overnight with bicycling friends they knew then finish their Mississippi trek the next day a little further down stream.  We said our goodbyes then headed east over the causeway and bridge that connects Sabula and Savanna IL.   We were able to immediately jump onto a bike path that supposedly goes as far south as Moline and Rock Island, IL.  At Thomson we dropped off the bike path and began our eastward trek toward Dixon IL.

Thomson was the last stronghold of civilization before venturing out into the cornfield wilderness that covers most of this part of IL. We had a good 40+ mi to cross to get to Dixon so we provisioned up at the Thompson Casey's with a few bottles of , you guessed it, chocolate milk to add to our staples of Cuties, bananas, and apples.

Fortunately the wind was with us and we landed on our parents front steps by the early afternoon ahead of any rain.  

It was time to enjoy family,  provision up, drop off some items that we didn't think we would need for the remainder of the trip, and do some maintenance on our bicycles and ourselves.    Tomorrow, we would be heading back to the big river.