LATE VISION QUEST

No pics for this entry, sorry. The entire day back into Indiana consisted of me outrunning a thunder storm. I was literally racing the clouds to the point that when I was slowed in some towns I would get rained on and then take off to get in front of the clouds again where it wasn't raining. Roads either head N/S or E/W mostly and I needed to go diagonal for the best success. If I would have headed North I would go right into the storm and if I headed East I'd still have to cut North at some point and possibly not stay in front of the storm. I put the GPS on just the map and sliced through backroads from Illinois into Indiana by pulling out the image just enough on the GPS to not head down a dead end or get on the wrong road. It was pretty exciting looking back and seeing the dark clouds coming the whole time while I was pulling 70-80 down the back roads watching out for pot holes or turtles. Yes, I almost hit a huge turtle that was just standing out in my lane looking around. I don't think he knew I was coming until I blew by him at about 80 mph because he jerked his head in his shell like a bomb just went off. The storm was farther across the North than I knew and I couldn't get around the front. I ended up having to end the day in Lafayette, IN about an hour and a half from home. I picked up some white castle and headed to the hotel. I sat at the hotel and watched the weather and listened to the tornado sirens going off. When the rain stopped for a minute I went out with my nice white hotel towel and wiped the bike down. Free bike wash! In the morning I headed home. If I don't get caught up in a job and end up making it out West this year still I'll bump this back up when I leave. Cheers, Rob