Pictures from yesterday. This was a gas station on the route from many years ago.
And the awesome bike path through the corn fields.
Today we had clear blue skies, no wind but HEAT. It was 95 degrees at 12:30. I thought I was going to melt. But very little humidity, thank goodness. I was really suffering from the heat when we got in. I felt like I could hardly function.
This was on the wall of one of the buildings at last night’s camp. And today, we stopped at a museum in Litchfield where I got a postcard of every state. Cool!.
Several of us stopped at 12:30 in the shade to rest before the last eight miles. This contraption was by the road and tbe guys said that is how they changed the oil in cars. Obviously hasn’t been used in 40+ years. Note the big tree growing in the middle of it.
We are camped at Rustic Acres Campground, again out in the middle of the corn fields. I still don’t know how people know this is here but it is full of RV’s. Amazes me.
Today, I noticed that farmers north of Farmqersville have already started picking corn and combining beans. Down the road, fields are still somewhat green. But what was harvested was ready. Quite the difference in just a few miles.
One of the things I have been meaning to mention is that we have two Canadians, one Brit, actually from the Netherlands, and eight Americans on this trip. Quite the congenial group.
I have noticed many, many woolly caterpillars on the road. Someone told me that means an early, harsh winter. Hope that’s true in Idaho but not before I get home. We need a good hard winter.
Tomorrow is a short day and then we get a rest day. I am ready and really looking forward to a day off the bike. My seat is starting to wear and the stitching has come undone so this afternoon, I tried to repair it. Me, not a seamstress. But Alison helped and it looks good. Then I covered it with electrical tape. All across America, I had this saddle sore in the same place I have it now and then I finally figured it out to be that rough spot. Slow to catch on. Geez. Only took 4,000 miles. And, now, is not the time to break in a new saddle.
Yesterday’s total miles. 4075.9
63.1 miles today. 4139.0. Total
BikerAl Across America 2018 