Something that I'm doing seems to be working. I woke up in less pain today. I also slept really well, however fitting in morning mobility training with everything else is challenging. My plan now is to break up the exercises between other tasks as I can

The rooms in this Comfort Inn are surprisingly nice and set up for business. The only bar/grill looks like a rowdy young sports bar. Slim Pickings.

87 miles to the start of the suggested route across. Many hotels there in Ottawa.

Forgot to load the basemap. Switching to Google Maps.

Another hour. As mentioned on Facebook lots of traffic South of Chicago. Bailing to lesser roads as soon as I can.

Relative to the American baseline, the many people coming to this gas station with local plates are shockingly fit. Almost European.

A woman just walked up asking a man within earshot about all the traffic taking the exit. Turns out there is a big backup just down the road.

Least painful hour so far I kept the speed to 65 and tried to stretch. Virtually pain free until the last 10 minutes. Drinking 20oz at each stop.

Gorgeous day but nothing but slab today. Slow and far is the mode of the day.