589.7 miles.

St. Louis, MO to Sioux City, IA

Some rain and detours along the way.

Needs More Detour.

There is major floods in the area of Omaha, Nebraska and the I-29 which is on our route has been closed for over 2 months!

I followed the detours (and endured some more rain) and was put back onto the I-29 only to be detoured again.

No idea how far out this will put me.

Leaving Florida on Day 13 I went through 6 rain storms.  All brief.  This one I had my helmet cam running and caught pretty good.

You can see cars and trucks turning on their emergency lights and pulling off the road.

I figured that the best thing to do was to ride through it as fast as I could… which was still pretty slow - I think I want all the way down to 2nd gear.

I did not have any of my rain gear on, and by the end of the 2 and a half minutes of rain I was completely soaked.

Kent and Troy hit this same storm as they passed through a bit later in the day, but they had pulled off and got under some shelter until it passed.

Passed through 3 rain clouds on my first tank of gas heading out of Miami.

I was not prepped for rain, but thanks to the 100 degree heat and wind on the bike I am basically dry.

Moving on…

577.4

Winslow, AZ to Amarillo, TX

Some great Route 66 scenery.  I could not help repeating over and over “Oh wow, ok… THIS is what inspired ‘Radiator Springs’ from Pixar’s ‘Cars’”.

We hit some heavy rain and lightning during the evening - Erik hydroplaned a bit and learned to slow down.

Had to put shoes and gloves and clothes into the dryer so I didn’t start the day off wet. I assume I will still get wet along the way. So far we are 5 for 7 on days will rain. Yesterday was the worst. Temps in low 50’s as we passed through the Canadian mountains. Loving it!

697.9 wet miles

Riding in the rain today.

END ROUTE 66

Rain Gear, ACTIVATE!