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Toledo, Ohio
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This place was Great
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Woke up a little later today, 7:10AM to find that rain was headed our way. Hopefully if we hurry and get out of the motel by 9:30AM we would be well ahead of the rain. We did, out of the motel under cloudy skies, temperatures in the low 50s and only light wind. We were ahead of the rain, but not for long. It caught up with us and stayed with us until we crossed into Ohio. Wasn’t bad though, was only a light rain and since the whole trip today would be spent on Interstate 80, it was not a real problem No state sign at the Indiana border on the Toll road, but we lucked out. There was an Indiana State Highway Patrol Station on the Indiana Toll road, with direct access to the Toll Road. Nice big Indiana State Highway Patrol sign above a large window which should reflect us at the bike. Interstate 80 does not go into Michigan, but at Middlebury, Indiana, Interstate 80 comes within ½ mile of Wisconsin. We got off the Interstate and got a picture of the Michigan state sign also. Ohio had a nice sign right on Interstate 80, plus a sign that read'Indiana Ohio State Line'. So we got several back-up pictures. Total of 98 points now for the ABC’s of Touring. A total of 134 points won it last year and we are well on our way. Saw one vehicle accident today and one near miss that could have involved us. Some 'nut' in a SUV cut in front of me and then in front of a tractor-trailor that was beside me to make a right turn to get off at an exit that we had already nearly passed. I had plenty of room, but I don’t know how the tractor-trailer missed him and really don’t know if the 'nut' made it or not. He didn’t have more that an inch or two clearance between him and the tractor-trailer when he cut in front of him. Gonna spend the next two days headed East on Interstate 80. I know all the service plazas will be open, but there will be some gasoline stations closed on the back roads. Plus there will most likely be parades in many of the towns we would have to pass through if we were not on an Interstate. We crossed into the Eastern Standard Time Zone, lost an hour, but today was a good day for that. Into the motel at 4:20PM Eastern Standard Time after a cool, wet, but pleasant ride of 249 miles today, 13,144 miles this trip, 134,804 total miles
Posted
Apr 18, 2005
by Harley2004
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