…it’s about he journey, not the destination…”

                                                               SUMMER TRIP 20223

Classic drive in movie treater in Huntington Indiana.

        Today I only had 200 miles to ride to my next destination. An easy day today. When I set out there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. It was chilly enough for me to wear my rain jacket, my “buff,” and to have the heated grips on medium. US 24 out of Logansport is a 4 lane highway. The only respite from “interstate” like roads today would be sections of US 224. Along this route traffic was light, but this would be the exception for the day. Only 200 miles, but a lot of it with traffic.

At the Ohio state line.

        My wife was “born and raised” in Galion Ohio. It always feels like a homecoming when I come to Ohio. At this point I have been on the road for 16 days, and I’ll be home tomorrow. I have ridden over 5,000 miles, and tomorrow will be 500 more. Heck of a trip.

Notice all of the trees in the background. You didn’t see that in 

Montana, Wyoming, or western Nebraska.

        I have no gas gauge but I will stop for gas every 150 miles for the rest of the trip. When I fill up today I had gotten 145 miles on 3.5 gallons of gas. That is 40 mpg, and I still had 2 1/2 gallons of gas left. That is a good safety margin. Lunch was at a Subway about 70 miles from Galion. A little over 1 hour to ride. I ended up in my motel room by 3 pm. Tomorrow 500 miles, 10 hours in the saddle. 

The rich, green, fertile farm land of Ohio.