Go Big And Go Home - Day 23 - OH! Hi O!

Today was a straight shot across Ohio State….

I hate to say it was a non-event because it wasn’t really.  We did see some really neat stuff but we did take the Lincoln Highway clear across, so travelling along a divided highway at 70 mph, is sort of like driving on the TCH in New Brunswick…..I now know why it is called the “drive through” province.

Before leaving Indiana, we carefully marked out our route, which was supposed to be quite simple….then came the detour…we stopped a couple of times to check where we were…I forgot to put on my sunglasses so they flew off the bike after one stop (thankfully Larry went back on the off chance they were not crushed and they had survived)…..but we did watch carefully for the “state line” sign as well as the Welcome to Ohio sign……by the next stop we were already in Ohio and didn’t even know it.

We hit Interstate 75 for about 30 kms and then onto Highway 30 which took us allllll the way to the other side of the state.  It reminded us of home and New Hampshire as we can now see the changing colour of the leaves and some of the fields in Indiana also started to change to a beautiful yellow colour.  We also had some white fluffy clouds to enjoy.  First thing this morning was pretty harsh driving east right into the sun….so fluffy clouds were welcome.

We are now trying to calculate our best route as we are about 6 days out from home…..looks like we may have to spend an extra couple of days in the same place this weekend, as heavy rains and very cool temps are forecasted….we will play it by ear, but suffice to say we are a little ahead of our intended schedule.