Day 1 on the road

Had a slow start.  Last night I forgot where I had hid / stored my phone.  Honestly, how many places on a bike are there?  So, had to repack everything after I found it and that upset me so much I couldn’t get to sleep for hours.  Anyway, since I haven’t been on the bike for a long time, I had forgotten how much fun it is.   The border crossing at Sarnia was slick – only 4 cars in front of me and the officer was real friendly.  Got wet for a about 1/2 hour but no lightning.  After that, however, it started to get hot and by the time I was on I-69 heading towards my destination – a burg called Marshall, MI – the temp was close to 30.

So, despite being cut off once and almost side-swiped once, all is OK here in Michigan.  One does have to be vigilant all the time.  The patched concrete roads, however, are hard on the body – it’s like trying to go fast over speed bumps.  Looking forward to getting through Chicago early tomorrow and plan for a relatively short day of riding to Iowa.