Indiana ... oh the corn

So, as you can imagine Indiana is not the most exciting place to ride a bike through, but what I'm sure you can't imagine is just how incredibly boring it is.

However, I've first got to backtrack for a moment and say that I forgot to mention the coolest thing about Ohio, and Canton Ohio especially, are the ubiquitous drive through grocery store/beer outlets. I'm not sure what this is doing for any drunkdriving problem, but this is an excellent example of American ingenuity.

In order to spice it up a little I varied from my original plan, we'll call it the "corn route," and decided to travel through a couple of cities. I went to Marion, Kokomo, and then finally to Lafayette. I wish I could say I remember a lot about the first two, but after riding through an average of like 3 cities a day for the past 11 days I honestly can't say that anything stands out. Lafayette on the other hand is an obvious exception to the mundaneness that is IN. As home to Purdue Lafayette has more than its share of cool places/people/food. I grabbed some grub at a pizza place and XXX, "On the hill, but on the level." for those of you who know the area. The campus was pretty cool, but just a little too flat. It's weird leaving campus and being in corn fields in a matter of minutes.

So, I know that was a short description of Indiana, but I've gotta go, and besides I'm already halfway through IL. Before I get out of here and go check out Pekin, IL, I'll say that at first glance this is a pretty cool town, much nicer than bloomington which I went through earlier today. There is a really cool park in the center of town with a little lake and a nice walking path and little paddle boats one could rent. Have a great night everyone.

Next time I'm going to impress with the shear quantity of food that I've eaten over the past 11 days. It's huge!!