Day 6 Nasty Weather

Day 6 was the worst of days. I tried to get a picture of the Chicago Skyline but Obama's recovery act has made the freeway system a dangerous place to take a picture. And the freeways in the east aren't free. You have to stop ever 20 miles and pay to drive a little further. It usually cost 80 cents to $1.60 but I paid $7.50 to cross Indiana on Interstae 90 which I'm pretty sure some of my takes paid for.
I spent the morning trying to outrun a storm in Indiana. As I got into Ohio, it caught me. I put on my rain gear (thank you Eric Miller) and put my buff (thank you Miles and Carolyn Brenden) around my face just below my eves and then put my hood up and helmet on. I rode for 2 hours in rain, hail thunder and lightening. Then as I approached Cleveland the hail was so hard the road was slick and the rain had caused standing wather on the freeway. The wind increased to the point that I damned near blew over a few times. Some cars in front of me spun out either from the wind of hail and hit the inside wall. I'm a quitter...that was enough for me. Straight to a Holiday Inn. Only made it 383 miles today and still have 660 miles to go to get to Pete's house in Salem New Hampshire.

I only took a few pictures today.