Today we were on the eve of our final stretch home. During the morning bike inspection, Rob noticed that one of the six main rear running lights on the Wing was out. Not critical since there are 5 other main running lights. That’s the 3rd light to burn out on this trip. This one would have to wait until we got home.
It was very humid this morning and foggy, a fog that would last from Indiana through Illinois. Back on US Highway 50, we had a relatively quiet ride in the morning and came upon a train crossing. Although this is a still photo, the train was not moving much faster than this.
I think we could have crawled on our knees faster than this train. We looked to the right and saw tons of rail cars, looked to our left and saw tons of rail cars, then decided to detour. Otherwise, we might not have gotten home until next Wednesday.
We successfully detoured a few miles and finally crossed over the tracks on an overpass.
We stopped for lunch at a town called Loogootee.
We had a giggle trying to pronounce it. The Wing also led us involuntarily to this location.
A father and son rode by us in their cool trike.
After lunch, we passed through a small town near Seymour, Ohio. They had a recent tornado or a microburst which decimated this very small section of town. Notice the overturned truck!
As we moved through four different states today, including Kentucky, there was a lot to see, especially the flooding.
We came upon a bunch of rooster houses. They were strutting around their houses looking quite important.
Michele also spotted a small farm with a zebra amongst a few mules, but we went by too fast to catch a photo. We wondered where does one acquire a zebra?
Today we logged over 450 miles and are now back in Eastern Standard Time. Tomorrow is the final stretch. Rob suggested we turn back west and we could be back in Zion in 4 days…tempting!
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