A final pic with my saviors and hosts for the last 4 days, the Hanlons.
As I've already said, I'm lucky to have been where I was when I crashed. Though I lost a few days and a few actual bike miles, I'm feeling much better thanks to Eric's & Wanda's help, wonderful meals and libations (including Hanlon's Fisher Hill Red), quiet sleep, theraputic pool, and tremondous energy from Zach, Hannah, & Sam. Thanks so much to all the Hanlons.
I went for a ride with Jake & Bob and Eric last evening and it was successful enough to plan to continue on tomorrow morning. I'm going to stick with my original route through Iowa (touching on Wisconsin for a bit), Illinois, & Indiana. In about 7 or 8 days and 620 miles, I'll be in Maumee, OH visiting with my sister Jean and her husband Mark, hopefully in time to catch some Toledo Mudhen games. It will be a little slow at first — my knee did do some complaining, and my rear is still bright blue and swollen — but the bike felt pretty comfortable and I'm feeling confident about continuing.