Sorry, no pictures today as it rained all day. We were awakend early this morning to a thunderstorm. By the time we started riding, the thunderstorms had moved out of the area but it was lightly drizzling most of the morning. By afternoon, towards the end of the ride, we got into thunderstorms near Indianapolis and were totally drenched as we finished the ride. However, the temperature was comfortable so we didn't bother to put on our rain gear. Sometimes it feels better to be comfortably wet from rain rather than steamy wet from sweat in a waterproof jacket.
Today could be called "turnday" as we made 45 turns as we wound our way across the Indiana countryside. At the completion of the ride, I had the feeling that I had just been riding in circles around Crawfordsville all day.
Our sag stop today was on the front porch of the Gentry Farm. CrossRoads has been using the farm as a sag stop for twelve years. On a nicer day, we would have been able to stroll around the farm and check out the animals in the various buildings. Today, we congregated on the front porch.
We were supposed to be able to ride our bikes on the Major Taylor Velodrome in Indianapolis as we neared the end of the day's ride but it was raining so hard that not many took the side trip to check it out. Those who did said that they were unable to ride on it in the rain as the surface was too slick. Instead, they were allowed to ride on the flat infield of the velodrome. The Major Taylor Velodrome is one of 18 velodromes in the U.S. You can check it out at http://www.majortaylorvelo.com/velodrome.html.
Our favorite TV channel is The Weather Channel as we monitor the forecast for our riding weather. I continue to hear much on the channel about the flooding in Iowa. So far, Grinnell has received a lot of rain but is not in trouble.
Tomorrow, we will ride 83 miles to Richmond, IN.
Thanks for the comments,
Bob
