Day 1:
Left Birmingham on Saturday at 7:20 AM and the weather was beautiful. Headed out of town on highway 11 to Fort Payne. Used highways 35 and 72 to get to highway 127. Highway 127 is a nice ride through Tennessee and Kentucky. Ended up on highway 62 going into Ohio before I decided it was time to start looking for a place to stop for the night. Found out that there's not much in that area of southern Ohio. When traveling by myself my standards are pretty low, but I found places I wouldn't let my dog stay in. I had to go to the east side of the Cincinnati before I found a hotel that I would stay at.
Day 2:
Got up to see the weather was calling for storms around noon. After breakfast I decided to change my riding route to try to beat some of the storms. Rather than stay off the interstates, I hit I71 to get to Columbus as fast as I could. That short ride reminded me why I normally stay off the interstates, too much traffic, I get tired of dealing with the turbulence from the trucks and the scenery sucks. Got off the interstate north of Columbus and got back on highway 62 to Canfield. It would have been a nicer ride without the numerous detours due to road construction. I managed to get all the way to Hermitage PA, less than 2 miles from my Dad's house, before I finally hit rain. At that point I didn't want to stop to put my rain gear on to go 2 miles. Thankfully my Dad had his garage door open so I just drove in. A little wet, but after 919 miles I'm happy that only the last two were in the rain.
Left Birmingham on Saturday at 7:20 AM and the weather was beautiful. Headed out of town on highway 11 to Fort Payne. Used highways 35 and 72 to get to highway 127. Highway 127 is a nice ride through Tennessee and Kentucky. Ended up on highway 62 going into Ohio before I decided it was time to start looking for a place to stop for the night. Found out that there's not much in that area of southern Ohio. When traveling by myself my standards are pretty low, but I found places I wouldn't let my dog stay in. I had to go to the east side of the Cincinnati before I found a hotel that I would stay at.
Day 2:
Got up to see the weather was calling for storms around noon. After breakfast I decided to change my riding route to try to beat some of the storms. Rather than stay off the interstates, I hit I71 to get to Columbus as fast as I could. That short ride reminded me why I normally stay off the interstates, too much traffic, I get tired of dealing with the turbulence from the trucks and the scenery sucks. Got off the interstate north of Columbus and got back on highway 62 to Canfield. It would have been a nicer ride without the numerous detours due to road construction. I managed to get all the way to Hermitage PA, less than 2 miles from my Dad's house, before I finally hit rain. At that point I didn't want to stop to put my rain gear on to go 2 miles. Thankfully my Dad had his garage door open so I just drove in. A little wet, but after 919 miles I'm happy that only the last two were in the rain.