The rain held off until noon, but from then on drizzled, spat, poured, and teemed for the next six hours.
Most of the morning, up 'til a late lunch around 1:30, was spent either on US 62 or trying to find US 62. It's proclaimed to be one of America's "Scenic Byways", and there are brief sections of rolling hills, really well kept Amish/Mennonite farms, horse drawn buggies, and fields of grazing horses, BUT mostly it's ill signed dog legs through every town, vaste swaths of traffic signals (mostly on red), and the town of Berlin which looked like an Amish version of Canada's Wonderland. Unexpected to say the least!
Despite the rain Marie-Anne is still smiling when we stopped for lunch
That was before we slogged around Columbus in heavy rain and really poor visibility.
Things looked up for a while, but just as we hit Cincinnati at 5:08 pm (great timing, eh?) round 2 of the storm closed in.
Today in brief
3 states
2 major cities
3 gas stops
1 pee break (at lunch)
660 km travelledTonight's destination
North Vernon, which is in Indiana. Ivan had a bit of trouble finding the hotel I'd booked because I told him it was in Illinois. A minor detail, and not something a person should get snitty about. After all it was an honest mistake. He's obsessed by details!
Although I must say I do agree with him that there is a Toilet Roll Travesty going on in hotels across this great land. The darn things are being downsized to the point of uselessness. Regard, exhibit A:
It's a wrap
Well, almost. Marie-Anne is busily drying all of today's wet togs.
Ivan is scheming out tomorrow's route to Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
A better forecast
Things are looking up for tomorrow. Cloudy in the morning, sunny afternoon, circa 70F.
Here's hoping.
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