This morning we had our first weather situation. Starting about 4:00 am, as forecasted, a thunderstorm front moved into Quincy, IL. The storm was tracking east into Springfield, our destination. Tracy, our Fearless Leader, put us on a holding pattern from 7:00 am until she was satisfied that there was not a significant lightning risk. Finally, we all set out together at 10:30 am under threatening skies, but it was not raining.
With the late start and a lot of miles and climbing to cover, we wasted no time. Tom, Nick and I set a brisk pace and made Springfield by 5:30 pm. Despite the forecast, we had no rain. Actually, the weather was not bad at all: not too hot, partially overcast and with mainly helpful winds.
Riding out of Quincy, IL. The road was still pretty wet in many places.
The next three video clips deal with the bridge crossing of the Illinois River. As with most of our bridge crossings, there is no shoulder so we once again "took the lane".
The last video clip shows Nick, Tom and I cruising toward Springfield.
Total Miles: 108 Total Vertical Climb: 3800 ft.
i really like the videos,i can hardly walk and chew gum at the same time. the corn does look high,.. almost as high as an elephants eye. stay safe your pal steve
ReplyDeleteI just drove 500 miles and suffer from exhaustion, blurred vision, etc. I can't even imagine your pain. Glad there were no trolls under the bridge. The videos are pretty amazing. I just wish you had the camera strapped to your helmet. A hand on the bars and one one the camera seems very risky.
ReplyDeleteLove you, Diana
And what did you do until 10:30 AM? As it happens, there is a leak in Crossroads who passed this info on to the AP: "There was a unusually large run on boxes of chocolate covered donuts and chocolate milk this morning. Bikers everywhere gorged themselves and pretended to be concerned about the weather. Mike K (MI) regaled the delayed bikers with harrowing tales of passing assorted vehicles on the downslope in Acadia National Park......fortunately, he was not texting at the time." This calls for an investigation!
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I am so pleased that I finally can view your videos. Pretty darn impressive that you can ride your bike one handed and still talk and be the tour guide and take videos, Is there anything you can not do? glad that you avoided the storm,James not so lucky in
ReplyDeleteHi again,computer acting up,meant to say,the rains storms in Houston were so loud and hard and wind blowing,they did not hear the tree fall on the house rip off parts of the roof and power and phone lines, Stay safe avoid the storms,it is stormy here in Charlotte,NC now.
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