Day 11

Mileage 506

TTL Miles 1371

Location: Greenfield, IN

Today I got up, said goodbye to my loving wife in KC and headed east. I initially stopped at Engle BMW in KC for some pre-ordered parts. Very nice people who gave me a kickstand plate. The ride across Missouri was pleasant. I had one guy warn me about the cops in the "Land of Lincoln" but also got a cold reception by some creepy lady at a gas station west of St. Louis.

Illinois and Indiana were pretty much the same except the the speed limits...pretty farms and flat fields....DAMN the Mississippi is HUGE!!!! Actually for the matter the Missouri was nothing to sneeze at either. I had one truck driver with an eastern european accent look at my bike like it was a hover bike for about 15 minutes...he couldn't get over them knobby tires...HEH HEH :) Then shortly after I was approached my a gentleman and his son asking for gas money to get to indianapolis. I only had a 20 so did want to give him that...felt kind of bad, but in looking at him and his son, he obviously had some source of money and he was kind of indirect in asking.....I got the hackles going and found him kind of suspect. By this time of day I was in tough shape....then I ate the food of champions...on old tankbag bagle, Ibuprofin, and a mocha Starbucks espresso double shot.....I was buzzin all afternoon. I ended up running till dusk when common sense took place and decided to get a room as I can't for the life of me ride at night.

Dinner was a bunch of fried crap at Bob Evans, and I'm currently staying at a nice Comfort Inn...I've found the more expensive the place, the more secure the bike is. The room is a great king size bed, and Im watching the weather channel and seeing the snow fall where I was this morning..calling for 6-8 inches.

Tomorrow will be another haul...514miles to Waynesboro PA and hopefully will be rolling in the late afternoon for a couple days rest to let the bad weather that has been chasing me down to pass over.