SPOKIN' HOME: Great Day of Relaxing

SPOKIN' HOME - A YEAR OF ADVENTURE

We love to travel and especially to visit our family in Denver. Four years ago we had the crazy idea to ride our bikes home from Denver, approximately 1550 miles. Over a period of several months we told many people about our idea - the idea began to turn into a plan and before we knew it we had told enough people that we were going to do and couldn't turn back!

So over a period of four months we started seriously working towards doing this. There were some ups and downs and we certainly were not in the condition that we hoped to be by our start date. We started by doing biking on stationary bikes at the LifePlex in Plymouth, IN. We have had some good hours on the bike and were able to watch a few movies on their projection system while biking. It is great to have such a nice facility. I admit that watching Julie and Julia, instead of the 2008 Ironman is a little different workout, but it has been fun.

We had a great ride for 1,000 mile and then we had a little mishap. If you read through our blog Stick with our blog you can read more about that cycling experience and other adventure for that year.

Now we are four years down the road. Many good things have happened to our family during those years. On May 28, 2014 we will return to our last riding point, get on our bikes again and finish the last 500+ miles. Join us as we continue our adventure.

Friday, June 6, 2014

Great Day of Relaxing

30.67 miles today, 374.39 miles this trip, 1,374.39 miles in 29 riding days.

Well it happened, we had a great morning of riding and got to Kankakee around 11:00 am. Stopped to have lunch with plans to ride on to Momence. While we were eating I called the two places to stay, one was closed and one had no room available. Back to the smart phones for a search to see if there was anywhere else that we could ride to and still get more miles in. We couldn't find anything less than 36 miles away. That just wasn't something we wanted to try. So Kankakee is our home for the day. Our lunch waitress was very helpful, interested in our journey and protective. She guided us to an area of town that she felt would be "safer." She suggested the Hilton Garden Inn. Looking on Priceline they listed a $159 a day price. Of course I looked for something cheaper. I found an Economy Inn listed so we headed there. Whoa! When we got there it reminded us of the Plymouth Economy Inn. We couldn't see ourselves spending all afternoon and evening there and at the bar next door.

So we decided our only choice was the Hilton. I must have looked desperate because after giving a brief account of our travels the manager on duty gave us a significantly reduced price. Uncle John, life is good! We cleaned up, went to WalMarts, The Dollar Store and then sat poolside playing a game of Crowns. We opened a bottle of wine and a margarita drink and relaxed. It has been a very relaxing afternoon.

Our original schedule of getting home Sunday is still on. All those people who went out this morning and blew toward the East, it worked. Do it again tomorrow and scatter the possible rain clouds for

Sunday. We can't wait to see our family and friends.

Thanks for all the prayers, concern, and support. We are almost done Spokinhome.

Prayers and Peace,

Mary Kay and Jack

These give you a little look at today's digs. Quite a bit better than yesterday.