Day 20 Quincy to Springfield.

Today we were to get up and load at 6:45 and bike 14 miles to Fast Mikes for breakfast in the next town. All went according to plan until we arrived at Fast Mikes where they already had a couple of groups of locals and a table reserved for us. However, they had on waitress and she was not coping very well. It took around 40 minutes for the orders to be taken then 1.2 our for the food and 1/2 hour to eat.

We should have obeyed the sign.

After Fast Mikes we headed to the first SAG which was at the 41 mile mark just 22 miles after breakfast. As you would expect this was used as just a water refill stop as most were still overfull from Fast Mikes. The #6 breakfast consisted of 3 pancakes, 3 scrambled eggs hash browns, ham and 2 slices of toast. Then on to lunch some of the lads got a little excited from the SAG and raced to lunch.

After lunch it was mostly flat with little to no wind and getting warmer an sunny. A nice ride to the Hotel and the second rest day. There was no Springfield sign.. Bugger.

106 miles in 5:44. The new wheel is still in one piece and seems to work ok.