houston, the duck has docked his wings in vienna, illinois, but it was another day with ups and downs, over. managed to squeeze past the thunder storms fortunately holing up at the inn about an hour before the sky opened up and still watching the lightning fly across the sky. To cross the ohio river the nag had to traverse a span of quasi sharp steel that did not treat the tread on the aft burner well. as you will see once i can manage to send along some photos the meat on the ol' rubber is burned down to the core. fortunately there are a few bike shops in the horizon; we'll just have to keep the fingers crossed that the kevlar can hold up for another fifty miles. tomorrow, with a little luck, wounded duck will link up with the westerly route close to the border of missouri in murpheysboro.
todays roll count:
miles: 62
hours in the saddle: 4:34
new states entered: 1 (the land of lincoln)
temps: hot and nasty.
houston, it's time for the duck to hit the rack and hope tomorrow is lucky- out.
stand by houston for further update: looking at the weather channel, wounded duck is getting news that the town of carbondale, illinois, where bicycle tire salvation lies, is currently suffering a deluge of rain, winds of up to 50-60 mph, flash flood and tornado warnings. it looks as though for now the storm's real teeth remains north and west of here (just barely) though wounded duck does have visible confirmation of heightened lightning activity from my refuge here at the limited inn, over. stand by houston for further updates as to whether or not wounded duck will be cleared for take off tomorrow. needless to say, i really don't feel like getting drowned, zapped, or blown away with dorothy and toto to the land of oz...for now wounded duck remains safely in the king sized, pillow-topped pond as the heat index is still 97 degrees outside at 9:20 pm, over.
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