Murphysboro, IL to Chester, IL, about 41 miles. Made it to the Mississippi River! I took another short day to sleep in and also because there are no good places to stay between Chester, IL and Farmington, MO, about 45 miles away. Chester is also a cool town with a Popeye theme, due to it being the hometown of Popeye's creator, E. C. Segar. I was hosted by an Eagles lodge, a fraternal organization, and met five more westbound cyclists there! They've formed a temporary group of five, but originally three are riding solo, one from Ohio, one from Tennessee, and one from England, and a couple from New Zealand are riding on a tandem. I plan to ride with them to Farmington. That makes 33 long-distance cyclists that I've seen so far, 23 Westbound and 10 Eastbound.
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