Day 17 16/07/2009 Montpelier

21 today wooooo! it's like being 18 again. No joy on finding croissants for breakfast but did manage to find some scrumptious homemade cookies. Made a few phone calls before Keir treated us to a day and naughty night at the holiday inn as well as breakfast number 2!

After the morning relaxation we went down to the hospital to sort out Keir's infection and get some pills for me too as it was very infectious (thank you liz!) Keir had a full medical examination checking breathing heart rate blood pressure even before the doctor turned up! Dr. Luikens was a real nice guy who was actually born in Britain and gave us a prescription for the Meds. He offered to put keir up in toledo after a 60 mile ride before keir got a train to chicago. all sounded good. So we got our pills and went back to the hotel before repacking all of our bags and planning for the day tomorrow. Did a lot of washing and got ourselves some beer! and gigantic pizzas delivered to the room! nice..! before keir rang up Dr. Luiken who said that a newborn baby was at his house at the moment so probably wasnt a good idea to stay but he felt guilty so he would put keir up in a hotel in toledo.

Keir:

The trip so far had been an amazing experience and I have had a great time with Jon but combined with illness and a constant headwind which shows no sign of letting up. I simply wasn't enjoying the riding. As most people know riding is a large part of my life and I didn't want to get all the way to Vancouver and never want to get on a bike again, so I have taken the decision to stop in chicago with the coast to coast ride. My plans for the moment are to get a scenic train to Seattle, ride to Vancouver and do all the things i would like still cycling just less miles and more time for having a holiday. The plan will be then to meet Jon before the Rockies and share the most challenging part of the crossing together. I wish Jon all the best for the rest of the trip and hope he makes it to Vancouver!