Today I decided to drive over to Illinois and then ride the bike south from East Cape to Horseshoe Lake and back. It’s basically a warm-up for the Tour de Cape next week, which includes most of that route. I went past this trailer church (the sign says Church of Jesus Christ, but it’s a bit blurry.)
While it’s too early for fall color, the lake still looks pretty nice. The water lilies aren’t in bloom this late, of course.
I passed Mark Farmer out on the road around the lake, and again going back on IL 3. At the convenience store at Olive Branch, a woman asked me about the bicycling in the area – she said she’d seen a lot of bicyclists around, and it was unusual for the Midwest. I suppose so, although there is RAGBRAI to think of. Unusual for the “heartland,” though.