Dwight,Il to Pontiac,Illinois

Today was a pretty short day – just 23 miles over to our campground in Pontiac. It threatened to rain but held off and it turned out to be a nice day.  Lots of memorabilia along the way – several really cool gas stations.  Pontiac has a lot of Route 66 memorabilia. There are several museums including a “War Museum” where they have collected uniforms

from various members of the community who have served over the years. It was  quite nice. We ( the group I was riding with – not the whole gang) first rode to camp, set up our tents, and then headed into town to grab some lunch.

When we were stopped at an intersection kind of looking around, a car pulled up and the gentleman in the passenger seat asked us where we were going and what we were looking for. We told him and he said, “Hi, I’m Bob, I’m the mayor of Pontiac – welcome!”  He then recommended a local restaurant. That probably wouldn’t happen if you were driving a car through town!  I’m trying to do this update on my phone in my tent so forgive me if its a little rough  We have no wifi at this

campground and we want to get to bed early as we have a long 63 mile day tomorrow.  Hopefully another update from Atlanta, Illinois tomorrow