Tour: 2003 Chicago-Atlanta-Chicago
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Shelbyville, KY to Boonsborough, KY
I haven’t had anything close to a bad day yet (I’m sure they’ll come), but today was easily the best day of the trip so far. It started up normally, which means that my stealth campsite wasn’t discovered at night. Really the only difference in getting up in the morning was that I didn’t have Read more…
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Columbus, IN to Shelbyville, KY
As expected, mornings start a lot easier when I don’t have to pack up my gear, and when there’s a bathroom right down the hall. By 7:30, I was up and ready to go before my hosts were awake, so I let myself out. Today started out with Indiana State Route 7, which was finally Read more…
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Greenfield, IN to Columbus, IN
The night at the live-in campground turned out perfectly fine, although the mosquitos were pretty bad. I’ve probably gotten infected with West Nile virus about 1000 times so far! Breakfast was again in the tent, and it felt ominously warm as the sun was coming up. Packed everything up and hit the road around 8:00. Read more…
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Peru, IN to Greenfield, IN
After yesterday’s long ride, I took my time rolling out of bed. It was a nice, quiet night (well, there were still plenty of natural sounds, just no unnatural ones) and I slept fairly well. I still need some practice at this sleeping-outside thing, as I never seem to be able to fall into a Read more…
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Chesterton, IN to Peru, IN
Yes, today was a long one. Perhaps too long. I rolled out of the campground at 7:00AM, although I stopped about a mile later as I went under I-80 to dial in and upload yesterday’s journal. Got some breakfast at a truck stop in Westville, and continued along US 6, which was a pretty nice Read more…