Big Circles
Today's ride was long and hard in a effort to get close enough  to home to avoid most of the bad weather tomorrow. Did 664 miles and it was a beautiful day to ride.
Just past Davenport Iowa, we crossed the Mississippi, this time from west to east. The river at this point was much wider than at St Louis a couple of weeks ago and so the bridge was higher and longer. Hate those bridges. Then we passed Rte 66 just south of Chicago, completing another circle on this journey. as I rode today I was thinking about this trip. One of the things that was really neat is that for a good deal of the Mother Road, there are railroad lines in close proximity and a lot of  Long cargo trains with multiple engines to help get them up the mountains. As we passed the trains, we got in the habit of giving them the "blow the whistle" signal and the usually would. It reminds me of why we like to do those things as kids, gives you a great feeling!
So the ride today was uneventful , mostly on 4 lane interstate with more corn than I could have ever imagine. One thing that happens on the motorcycle is that you smell everything. So when there is an orchard you smell apples, an vineyard, grapes and when there is a cattle ranch or the farmer is spreading manure....................
Tonight we are in LaPorte Indiana, just west of the line for the eastern time zone. I'm going to try and get an early start tomorrow as the weather looks as if it won't settle into western NY until later in the day. I'm at the point of wanting to sleep in my own bed, you know what I mean?
So, help me hope for a mostly dry trip home tomorrow, OK?