Day 31 - Tuesday, Oct 23 - Lansing, IL to State College, PA

Starting mileage: 8541 Starting time: 8:00 am
Ending mileage: 9111 Ending time: 6:00 pm
Travel mileage:  470 Travel time: 10:00 hours

 Travel day.

 First significant rain since we left home over a month ago.
Day 31 route

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