Rainstorm - Day Three
Today So far
Vertical gain 4,600 Feet 13,600
Horizontal gain 88 miles 303
A great day for riding. Cool temps, modest tailwind and sunshine with a threat of afternoon showers.
Day three started with a new route due west on smooth quiet roads. We followed roads with no markings (no centerlines or shoulder lines for the first twenty miles of the ride. When we switch to a road with a center line we occasionally see a car. Such is the lack of traffic on most of the roads we use. The bucolic scenes portrayed in the road photos are typical, rarely is a car in sight. Even crossing intersecting roads we rarely have to stop for oncoming traffic. I do show one busy road below, just to show the road we don't travel.
We did get our thunderstorm before reaching our destination this afternoon. We started out under a big oak tree in front of a farm house and as the storm grew more intense were waived into the barn by the local farmer. Indiana hospitality is tops. I've been given iced water bottles by complete strangers on hot summer afternoons and regaled with stories of family histories. Good people these Hoosiers.
Here's today's pictures:
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| Generations of turkeys |
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Morning ride
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| Today's old barn |
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Quiet roads
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| White River - the draught is over |
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| Pac Tour veterans David & spouse |
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| History |
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| The meeting house |
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| Pac tour veterans Jim & Fran |
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| Traffic on the interstate |
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Shortcut! Skip Scottsburg What would you do?
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