I started the day in Seymour, IN. For some reason I awakened early (7:00–early for me) and got up to start the day. After a bowl of Raisin Bran, I hit the road–cold, cold. It was less than 60 degrees! I had the leather jacket, but forgot to put on the winter gloves. Stubborn me; I decided to tough it out. Still had cold hands an hour later. This is what I came North for; it is beautiful to be cold after weeks in the high 90’s in Tennessee.

And the two-lane highway was beautiful; it was pure Indiana farm country with miles of flat corn and bean fields. I stopped to take this picture:

It was a beautiful long road. Every time I stopped I tried to get warm and to sped some time reading. It was relaxing, refreshing, and exhilarating all at once. We were to meet in LaPorte, IN sometime before 3:00 PM because that is check in time at our hotel. I knew Andy would beat me there, but I did not care because he said he did not mind. So I was an easy day.

Sure enough, his bike was parked at the motel, and he was inside reading. It’s great to be back together. We rode scooters together when we were 14; now we have ridden a tour every year for many, many years. We think the first post we did was 2013, but we rode a few years before that. At any point, since meeting in 1958 in a church youth group, we have enjoyed being together and having a good time. Many stories will remain untold here.

So we took out the map of lighthouses on Lake Michigan tonight, and planned tomorrow. Here is the map:

Tomorrow we start at South Bend and go up. That’s the plan. It also includes at least one Great Traverse Pie Company slice of cherry pie.