Well, I’m here. Harrisburg, PA. 439 miles (706 kms) today. Heather is meeting me here in Harrisburg, and we’ll be driving home together in the truck tomorrow, my bike in the back.
As I pulled my T-bag off the bike, I smiled. It was a strange feeling knowing that I wont be putting it back on the bike tomorrow.
This has been a great journey. I’m not writing my final thoughts today, because I’ll save those for sometime over the weekend, when I do a couple of “after-the-fact” posts.
Oh, and no rain again today. Unbelievable. When I checked the forecast this morning, they were calling for 90% chance of Thunderstorms here in Harrisburg. Well, all I see is blue sky. It’s all I had all day today.
Actually, I probably wasted about twenty minutes today just stopping and putting on / taking off rain gear. I did it twice. I left the hotel this morning without it on, figuring I’d wait until it was necessary. About two hours into the ride, it looked like I was heading into some stormy weather. So, I pulled over and geared up. Twenty minutes later, I want around a corner and was back in sunny skies. Never got a drop of rain. An hour after that, it was so hot, I had to pull over and take off the rain gear. I was sweating! Two hours later, more dark skies. Another stop to gear up. No rain, and sunny skies a few miles later.
That was the kind of day it was for me. When you think about the kind of weather that much of the U.S. is getting hit with, it’s truly amazing that I only had one hour of rain this entire road trip. Twenty five days, in late September and early October, and no rain. Gotta love it.
Alright, I need to go relax a little before Heath arrives. I’ll be offline for a few days, but will update more later on the weekend.
This is the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, so Happy Thanksgiving everyone!