CC20 - Day 25

If you are following the news, you might have seen the reports on Hurricane Delta reaching the US. I was East of it and didn't want to get into massive rainfall on my way west, so the motto today was: get west of the storm. 

And that's pretty much what I did:

Day 25 Route

I had this as my guide:

NOAA Screenshot for Delta

The NOAA app gave me a prediction for the storm path for Thursday and Friday and I planned my ride accordingly.

And since I already had quite a distance to ride, I decided to turn it into a full 1000 mile day. I didn't get the witnesses to make an IronButt Saddle Sore 1000 (1000 miles in 24 hours) ride, but that wasn't my goal anyways, I don't need the "badge", it was just fun to complete the 1000 miles. I had done this distance before, but that's a long time ago.

Here are the statistics:

Day 25 Ride Statistics

It was actually fairly easy. I left at 5:40 in the morning in Alexandria and arrived around midnight in Lebanon, MO (I got two hours back due to time zones). Had a good lunch break and most fuel stops turned into a short break. And since I was pushing the bike on the freeway I had to fill up quite a few times, six to be precise. Could have been okay with five, but I didn't "optimize" it, instead just filled when I felt like it.

And since I didn't stop much, I only have one photo from the day:

CC20 - Day 13

Today was another "just get there" day. The reason is in the map below:

Day 13 Route

The colored lines/areas are roads that are marked as "nice to ride" in the web application Rever. They represent roads labeled with G1 (Yellow, Excellent), G2 (Red, Very Good), and G3 (Orange, Good) – rating them on how nice they are to ride on a motorcycle.

Now, as you can see, between Rockford, IL und Cincinnati, OH, there is nothing mentioned. I thought about stopping in Indianapolis at the race track, but since I got a late start this morning, I just kept on going. The yellow/orange/red blob to the East of the "F" marker in Cincinnati is what I came to ride. Therefore, it wasn't worth spending more time getting here, instead I rather have a bit more time from tomorrow on. I'll ride into the nice area tomorrow and spend a week riding super nice roads, first South and then North to the Washington, DC, area. Then back South again to turn West and head home ... we'll see how this plan works out over the next few days. 

Stay tuned ...

CC20 - Day 12

After taking a break for a day I was refreshed and happy to move on again. I have to admit that I timed the "break day" with a rainy day, but it made sense anyways. 

Today I went South, partly along the Mississippi river, mostly through back country. The vegetation and weather reminded me a lot of Germany – it was lush, warm, and humid.

 

Mississippi River

Backroad Riding

It wasn't the most exciting riding, but at least it was mostly backroads and some curves. 

Day 12 Route

Tomorrow will be a more boring day which will take me somewhere in the area of Indianapolis or Cincinnati.