Getting to the Start

Since our official start to this adventure is in Cleveland, TN and Larry was at his summer home in PA and I in Florida, we both had just about equidistant rides of 600+ miles to get to the meeting point. Larry ran into hot days and some pretty heavy rain late this afternoon but got into the hotel at 5:00 PM. My day started at 7:15 AM. It was a pretty nice day but it warmed up quickly, hitting 90 by 11:00 AM and as I approached Atlanta it briefly hit 100! When I got to an hour out of the destination I could see the storms brewing. I stopped by the side of the interstate and donned my rain gear and stowed my electronics. As it turned out, I did get some rain, but nothing heavy and the best part was that the rain dropped the temps by some 20 degrees. I rolled into the hotel at 5:30 PM with 604 miles for the day.

We were both hungry and tired so that's the summary for today. I'll try to load some photos here tomorrow evening. Tomorrow we begin the actual tour so stay tuned.

Bill - Ready to head out