July 30 Sunday

Left Greensburg, IN around 7:30. I was headed home!!! It was foggy and that was great for riding … no sun and the temperatures were cooler. Making good time, but trying to stay under the state troopers radar—very difficult to keep the speed down when you’re headed home …

Had to take an alternate route since a bridge was under repair—no problem for the GPS. It routed me along some great 2 lane roads in Kentucky—beautiful rural farms and gentle twisty roads. It’s Sunday morning and I pretty much have the roads to myself. All the time I’m thinking, make sure you slow down for the towns—experience tells me there is a local cop out to get me. As I’m leaving a restricted speeding zone, I get to the edge of town and I can see the 55 sign in the distance so I open it up. As I round the curve, there he is--a trooper coming toward me in the opposite lane! He looks at me (and I look at him) and down at my speed … A train of cars are stacked up behind him and he is in a difficult place to turn around. I round the bend and am out of sight—I look in my rearview and my heart is pounding. Luck is on my side, no flashing lights—he let me go …

Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, (paying tolls …) Virginia, and finally home in North Carolina. Met my family for my favorite dinner from my favorite restaurant. Great to see everyone … thanks to my wife for encouraging me to go (and to come back …).

Thanks to family and friends for all your support and encouragement. Special thanks to my traveling friends—Jeff, Olivia, and Joe. It was the best of times!!!

Tomorrow: Metacognitive Retrospective