Monday July 23rd  was a very exciting ride but for all the wrong reasons. It was a long day to begin with as it was 109 miles from Valparaiso IN to Kendallville IN. We woke up at 4am to get an early start and it was 78 degrees and humid at that time of he morning. As we were riding out of camp it started raining and it rained for at least two hours. It was the first real rain this part of the country has had in two months. The results was very slippery roads. About 15 miles into the ride the group in front of me crossed train tracks and slipped on wet rails. Three riders fell, luckily no one was hurt, except for some road rash. After that everyone slowed their riding pace and the day dragged on. Around noon the sun came out and it heated up to around 92 degrees and still very humid. It was truly a grind it out type of day and we did not reach  camp until about 4:30 after 11 hours on the road. We were in a campgound with no services and no internet. We all went to bed early told to expect more heavy rain tonight and tomorrow.