Day 3—Layover in Galena, IL
We took a rest day from biking the hills and walked into Galena to enjoy more of the city. The rain is still with us so we decided a visit to the Galena Library would be a nice way to spend some time. After checking in on life outside of our tour via the free library internet, we spent some time reading. Other riders thought this was a nice way to spend the day and we chatted with each as they filtered in and out of the library. The Victory Café fed us breakfast and we lunched at Boone’s with Gloria and Marshall. Pizza at Cannova’s was so good on Tuesday that we decided to dine there again while in town. The tour group had a cheese and wine tasting party going on at Turner Hall (where the inside campers were staying) and we joined them for a bit and then walked back to our camp site at the City Park. I was resting in our tent—keeping away from the mosquitoes, actually—when the local police approached and informed us of heavy rains expected around 11:00 p.m. After making a call to Tym, our Shuttleguy tour guide, it was decided that we should all evacuate to Turner Hall. So, the Tour staff began dismantling our camp site and we took all supplies needed for the night and joined the other campers at Turner Hall for a new experience of sleeping with 50 other campers in one room. Lights went out at 11:00 p.m.
We took a rest day from biking the hills and walked into Galena to enjoy more of the city. The rain is still with us so we decided a visit to the Galena Library would be a nice way to spend some time. After checking in on life outside of our tour via the free library internet, we spent some time reading. Other riders thought this was a nice way to spend the day and we chatted with each as they filtered in and out of the library. The Victory Café fed us breakfast and we lunched at Boone’s with Gloria and Marshall. Pizza at Cannova’s was so good on Tuesday that we decided to dine there again while in town. The tour group had a cheese and wine tasting party going on at Turner Hall (where the inside campers were staying) and we joined them for a bit and then walked back to our camp site at the City Park. I was resting in our tent—keeping away from the mosquitoes, actually—when the local police approached and informed us of heavy rains expected around 11:00 p.m. After making a call to Tym, our Shuttleguy tour guide, it was decided that we should all evacuate to Turner Hall. So, the Tour staff began dismantling our camp site and we took all supplies needed for the night and joined the other campers at Turner Hall for a new experience of sleeping with 50 other campers in one room. Lights went out at 11:00 p.m.
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