Wandering Retirees

We were up and at ‘em early this morning, before dawn even and eager to get on our way. Yep. Sure did. The weather decided it wasn’t going to cooperate. Some early wicked storms forced us to lounge and eat complimentary breakfast food and drink lots of nearly okay coffee. Awful fate. We got to say hello to some nice folks who were curious and friendly. And we met a couple of young kids who dragged their parents to see our scary fascinating motorcycle they might want to ride some day. It was a fun way to start the day.

We wound up riding 331 miles to Richmond, Indiana. Traffic moved well so we decided to push past Springfield, Ohio. And we’re a bit bushed. It’ll be an early night ahead of another 300+ mile day tomorrow Where we plan to push to Pontoon Beach, IL, a rather small town close to the Mississippi River. That should set us up for some shorter days as we ride into Colorado Springs. That’s the plan. Looks good. Logical. Let you know how it works out.

We met a family at a rest area yesterday who I failed to mention. The father saw our riding gear and approached us to ask about our ride and where we’re headed. Well that got us started, don’t you know. He goes by Max and he has ridden for years. He has climbed Pikes Peak on his cycle and had lots of advice to share. We asked about his family and found out they were on a cross country trip, too. They were on their way home to Kansas after seeing the gulf coast, Florida beaches, Georgia and the southern Appalachia region, the mid-Atlantics and NYC. While he might have wished his minivan were his Harley, he said that they had a wonderful time seeing parts of the country they’d never had occasion to visit. Interestingly, they were all pleasantly surprised by how many people in they met who were kind and helpful and just nice. Imagine – East Coasters who are nice. We shared that we have had the same experience in our travels west and south. Maybe if more people got out and met their neighbors ….

Well that’s it for tonight. Rest well, friends.

Did we mention we get to ride Interstate 70 for four days?

Today we left Pennsylvania and traveled through West Virginia, Ohio and into Indiana.

Cute water tower at CAT equipment industrial plant.

And lastly, just because this tickled our funny bone …