Day Forty Two - Divergenge

Well, today My riding buddy Larry and I parted ways. Larry got off on an early start for today's route, while I waited an hour and then went directly to a local Honda dealer for service on my bike. The diagnosis wasn't what I had hoped. My radiator is leaking and needs to be replaced, along with the fans that caused the problem in the first place. Apparently they rubbed against the radiator enough before going inoperable that they damaged the fins which finally gave way over time. The repair parts are ordered for overnight delivery and hopefully, I be fixed up late tomorrow and can get underway gain on Thursday morning.

In the meantime, Larry completed today's route as planned, though he did run into some rain. I don't have his pictures yet because he's got no internet at his hotel, but I will update whenever I get them.

Stay tuned!

Update: 8/7/14

Today, I started out, and completed the Day 42 route. In order to keep the blog in sequence, I am updating the ride on the day it was run by Larry. Even though I am running it 2 days behind, it is still my Day 42 of actual riding on the tour so I will report that here.

Day 42 Track

I didn't set an alarm for this morning, and must be getting used to the time change because I slept in a bit late. I got on the road at 7:24 AM. The initial leg was south on I-75, back through Dayton and then down to Cincinnati, where I took the beltway around the east side , getting off on US-52. That would take me down along the Ohio river and into Point Pleasant, OH and the site of Ulysses S. Grant's birth. This is a bonus point for the Presidential Tour. It was a 125 mile leg to get here and it took 2:19, including a stop on the way for fuel, coffee and to shed a layer of gear as it wasn't too cool this morning and it warmed up quickly.

Grant's Birthplace - Presidential Tour

From there, I headed northeast on US-232 through Bethel and then Williamsburg where I turned east on Hwy 32. Along this road I would come to the Adams County line, another for the Presidential Tour.

Adams County - Presidential Tour

From here we would continue on 32 over to just south of Waverly where we would get onto US-23 up to Chillicothe and from there onto Hwy 159 where shortly after Chillicothe we got the town of Kingston - another IBEW waypoint.

I've Been Everywhere Man - Kingston

From Kingston, I continued on 159 up through Lancaster  where I got onto 158 and took that on into Baltimore, OH - for another I've Been Everywhere Man Tour checkpoint.

I've Been Everywhere Man - Baltimore

From Baltimore, it was a short hop up to I-70 and then west to the beltway around Columbus. I got off the beltway at US-23 northbound for Delaware where we'd find the next Presidential Tour bonus  -

Rutherford B. Hayes Memorial site - Presidential Tour

Frlm here, I took US-36 back over to I-71 for a 111 mile, 2 hour leg up to Akron and the Canal Park baseball field (fo rthe Baseball tour)

Canal Park - Baseball Tour

Larry went on to get the next two checkpoints on his day through, but I stopped for the night in Richland so I won't get those two until tomorrow.

My Stats for today: 457.1 miles in 10:47 elapsed time, 8:26 saddle time.