I have arrived!
Randy, Edna(Pauline's sister), and the Old Geezer.
The final day to Lawrence, Kansas was successful but not without some surprises. The weather report showed no problems until late in the day in Lawrence, and I planned to arrive ahead of those storms; in fact I did by many hours. However one hour after I left Flora in the morning I rode right into a thunderstorm. Once again my preparation was perfect, and though I was slowed down considerably, I rode out of the storm by the time I reached St Louis. From there the trip became really quick, 75 mph, until just past Columbia, Mo. where I70 had a major accident, shutting the west bound lanes completely. Everything slowed to a crawl as we were detoured using an side access road. It was really hot and my bike started to run really hot, so I cheated a bit and ran down the shoulder for about a mile to the consternation of other drivers. The police were too busy to pay any attention and I saved quite a bit of time. All together I lost about an hour getting around the accident. Even so, I got to Lawrence by a little after four, tired but feeling good about the achievement.
I intend to spend about a week here so I will post some more comments about the this first part before I start on the longer leg to California.
Regards to all; send comments.
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