April 19th, 2015
Day 9.

Awoke before sunrise.
It’s my eldest daughters’ birthday. I opted to call her later in the day. It was still early.
It was 66’F (18’C) with 100% relative humidity. In other words it was raining steadily.
Here we go again!
I loaded up and after breakfast headed out at 7:50 a.m.
It was to be an unexciting ride today. I was back on the Interstate again…….. and boy, did it rain.
Heavy.
All day, with a slight break as I went past the Bass Pro Pyramid when I crossed the Interstate 40 Bridge over the Wolf River just as I entered Memphis, TN.
Next shot - Kentucky, then Ohio.
I was making decent time.
Home was now within striking distance!
With a good feel for the bike now in rainy weather, I was able to maintain a decently comfortable pace.
With only a brief stop for lunch in Kentucky alongside the highway at a rest stop, and a stop for fuel in Cincinnati, I pushed on for the rest of the day arriving home in 46’F (7’C) at 11:47 p.m. local.
Ugh! this cold Cleveland weather!
So with 29945 miles showing on my odometer, 3,420 miles (5472 km) exactly had been racked up on this trip.
Today, 677 miles (1083 km) of those were ridden.
I had endured bad weather for a total of about 3 full days, met up with friends and family, ridden some much-dreamed about roads and made it home safely.
I began to dream of my next tour.
I was tired, I needed sleep.
I prayed thanks to the Lord for his safe-keep.