Home at last!

Made my final days ride home today.

It was a temperate morning that required no extra gear for a change. I was rolling at 6:25 AM - before the sun even had risen yet. I really wanted to get the early start so that I could get home early in the afternoon, hopefully before the afternoon rains would hit. It would be an almost completely interstate day, save for the 100 miles or so on US-301 through the speed trap gauntlet between I-10 and I-75.

Day 48 track

I did have one more checkpoint to get. During our trip, there was a couple of days when I had lost my flag so for the checkpoints we visited, mine wouldn't count due to the missing flag. The only critical one was the Route 30 sign. We got it in Texas, but I needed a replacement and it had to be another state route 30 from a state that we didn't otherwise use for the cities spelling out "Team Strange Airheads". Fortunately, I found just what I needed with GA-30, and it was right off I-95 near Savannah. I was able to get it right at the exit and then get back on with minimal delay!

Georgia Route 30

I made great time all the way down to I-75 in Ocala, but by then the clouds were building and as I started down I-75 it started to rain. I got off at an exit and checked the radar with my cell phone. There were some heavy cells south of me and they were tracking across I-75, but they were scattered so it would be a hit or miss proposition. I decided to gear up with my full rain gear in case I hit heavy rain and then I continued. As it turned out, I never did hit any heavy rain, though I did hit some light rain and the road was wet where the storms had crossed it just before I got there. The very last issue I ran into was a slowdown just near the Brandon exit due to a spun out car in the median. I cleared that and then arrived home at 1:00 PM!

Today's Stats: 411.9 miles in 6:30 elapsed time, 6:00 saddle time