I planned on riding along the river from Andrews west to Wabash and if it didn't rain, I thought we could ride the Wabash river to Peru. I thought perhaps riding slow along the river, in the rain, would be better than out on the highway, especially under the trees. As we rode along west on IN 124 it started raining harder and harder. As we went North on IN 9 toward Huntington, it got even worse. I asked John how he was doing when we stopped at the stoplight at Huntington and he said he was ready to go home.
Unknown to me, Billy had "abandon ship" when we got to IN 9 and went home. I can't imagine riding in the T-Rex in a heavy rain is much fun. It's pretty open and the rain would come right into the cockpit. John and Art Adrianson turned and went home while Art Heer, Larry Miller, and I contiuned on down US 24 to turn off at Andrews. The three of us "rode the river" until the rain became so heavy I couldn't see anymore (my glasses were wet on the back and front plus fogging up) and I decided to call it a day. I followed my new GPS (Gamin Zumo 660) trough the countryside back to IN 105, and then south to IN 9, and on home. Thanks to the GPS I never get lost and can see which roads to follow to get back home, even in heavy rain.
The sad part of the story was that I was only home for about and hour, the skies cleared, and we had clear skies the rest of the day. I had looked forward to a full day of riding, as I'm sure some of the other guys had, also. Oh well, there's always next time.
Riding today were Art Adrianson, Art Heer, Larry Miller, John Nave, Billy Niverson, and myself.
P.S. Thanks for the breakfast, John!
I only rode 76 miles and it was miserable.
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