It is going to blow for you, especially having to ride through Illinois. Hope you are taking a few weeks off, that is gonna be allot of slab to be tortured by to hit the fun stuff. The weather down there is real nice, you are gonna have a great time on the twisty playgrounds.That's the damn truth. There's ways around. Ride south in MO and turn east. Never have to set foot in this godforsaken state.