D'Emonda. Mostly sunny, not too hot but high humidity. mostly SSE winds @ 11-20 mph with gusts in the 30's. Winds increased and shifted to SW then WSW as Joe and I returned from Plano. A very challenging ride due to the gusty crosswinds. We rode across the new Eldamain Bridge on the Fox River - the bike lane on the East side of the bridge was very poorly designed - no way to exit riding so we had to dismount and lift the bikes over the guard rails. I'd suggest you avoid it and stick to the fairly wide shoulder on both sides. Full on head winds for most of the ride down to Silver Springs State Park then in a few other places on the return. Fortunately even with the wind direction change the return route was mostly with a tail/crosswind. The last 2-3 miles up Meredith was with a straight Westerly cross wind. I wish I had my power pedals because I'm sure we put out some massive watts on this ride. We stopped for water at the Plano Casey's then again at the Hinckley Fresh Market.