We had a late start to our day this morning since we made camp so late last night. Once we had everything packed, we decided to go to the little grocery store to get some cereal and milk for breakfast. We ate right on the benches outside of the store around 10am. Before we left town, we filled up on water at the local diner. Another beautiful day, even warmer than yesterday! I did't feel as strong today as I felt yesterday, and today was a little more breezy, so it felt like it took longer than normal to ride our miles. We rode along Route 12 for most of the day. The traffic was heavier than the country roads we had been riding on for the last couple days, but there was a nice big shoulder which made the ride enjoyable. For a little while we rode through an area that was called "The Irish Hills' or at least that is what all the business signs had said. What a funny coincidence that we rode through "The Irish Hills" on St. Patty's Day! We stopped for lunch around 2pm at some picnic tables outside of a little ice cream stand. We heated up a can of Spaghettio's on our stove and had a couple Oreo's for a snack. We continued on down this road for the rest of the day. When we finally made it to Coldwater, we stopped at a store that is a lot like Walmart for some groceries, and for a quick break at McDonald's to grab a drink and use the internet. We were able to set up a Warm Showers set up for tomorrow evening in Elkhart, IN. We ended up setting up camp in a little public park near the elementary school that was right behind McDonalds. While we were eating dinner, we had a cute furry visitor... a kitty! Since we were still pretty close to McDonalds, we took turns walking over there to use the restroom before bed which was nice. For our other tours, we usually camped somewhere in the woods, but on this tour, we've spent a lot of time camping in Parks, which we can easily do now because we have our cooking stove. We've grown to love camping in parks; no one bothers us, and we usually have a bathroom somewhere close and sometimes a picnic table. We rode 60.22 miles today, not one of our stronger days, but we will be in Indiana tomorrow!
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