Today's cue sheet was cut down to about 45 miles by riding along the shoreline of Lake Michigan. Knowing this, we decided to ride the 5 miles back into Chicago and explore a little more. Our first stop was the Bean, which was really cool to take pictures with. Afterwards we had a second breakfast at a cafe in downtown Chicago. Some people decided to stay longer and shop, but Nate and broke away from the group and started to cruise. We were going for a little while until I passed a really nice building and noticed it was Sigma Alpha Epsilon National Headquarters. I had to stop and check it out. I went inside and was taken on a quick tour of the building getting to see some really cool historical things.
Nate and I then continued on our short ride day when all of a sudden we realized we were starving. We ended up in a really nice town in Illinois where we stopped at a bike shop checked it out, and were directed to go to a burger place, called Michael's. We waited about 30 minutes to order, but the wait was completely worth it as the burgers were delicious.
After eating we slowly got back on our bikes and kept riding hoping the day would be over soon. It was weird that such a short day ended up feeling so long. We also ended up driving right past the lunch site at about 30 mph. By mile 40 we realized we missed it and had to stop at a gas station to rehydrate. The ride finally came to an end at about 3:30 and we had a pretty standard dinner and night. Tomorrow should also be an easy ride into Wisconsin.
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