I 94 West

Terre Haute to Fergus Falls, MN 800 miles (1500 from home)

No pictures to post just memories of the day. Left Terre Haute around 8:30. Davidson rode with us on his Honda Knighthawk 750 for about an hour. Then we split and headed for the interstate west and north. We're rolling ... !

Then we hit rain and a massive traffic backup at the toll in Rockford, IL. Our momentum was coming undone ... adversity!

Tough to pay a toll in full rain gear. Take off you gloves, find your money, pay and then put you gloves back on :^(

I'm thinking motorcycles should be free! Plus we had to wait in the traffic back up for 30 minutes to get the privilege of of paying.

However the best part of the day was yet to come. Experiencing the landscape change from the corn fields in Indiana, to the energy farm in Illinois, the dairy cattle in Wisconsin, and the lakes in Minnesota.

Traveling together through time and space at motorcyle speed. We were finally in the moment and realizing why we had come this far. As we were approaching the end of the day we were:

driving into the sun on I 94 toward Fargo
watching the sun set
in and out of the clouds
the orange glow sending rays to meet us

with the sun setting
you could feel the temperatures falling
and the chill sent a shiver
feels good to be alive!

the sun is disappearing behind the clouds
but the glow told you it was still there
as we drove under the clouds
a cool misting rain was decending

finally we emerged, from under the clouds
to find that the bright sun was now
a glowing orange ball on the horizon

as we chased it through the dells
it would disappear and emerge
again and again
as we crested each hill

it was like a movie and the lyrics of a song
only better
because we were the movie and the music was us!



Tomorrow: Canada en route to Edmonton