Day 23 - Peoria to Heath-Newark, OH

We were on the road at 8am. The morning temp was 63F and the skies were clear. Today we made our way south east along I-74 until we connected with I-70.

At our first stop we took a closer look at the weather. Rob had been monitoring rain that had been over Indianapolis since the early morning. We were still about an hour away from Indianapolis so we continued on to our lunch spot about 30 minutes further along I-70.

We ate at McAlisters in Brownsburg just west of Indianapolis and the rain was now moving slowly in a northeast direction. Rob estimated that we were about 1.5 hours from the leading edge of the rain. The weather south was clearer and Rob contemplated diverting to Cincinnati along I-74 and then I-75 to miss the rain. As we rounded the southern side of Indianapolis, Rob took another look at the radar and the rain was now moving a bit quicker and clearing along our original path so we decided to stay on I-70.

That turned out to be a good decision as we saw some slightly damp roads but never any rain.
We did experience the horrendous IL and IN roads. The seams in the road are so raised that we would occasionally get air when we hit them.

The OH police were also out in force today. Michele was commenting on how we had seen more police patrolling the roads in Ohio than all the police put together from our past 7500 miles. Just as she was talking about that, a sport bike came roaring past us at about 100mph. Just as we crested the hill, Rob saw a patrol car in the median and sure enough, he pulled out and took after the motocyclist. Not only did the motorcycle get caught but on the other side of the road there was another vehicle that had been pulled over and was getting a performance award.

We made it to the hotel at 5:30pm and were met with a surprise. The Model T Jamboree was staying at the hotel and there were 15 or so Model Ts of all varieties in the parking lot! We walked around and looked at them. Some were in beautiful condition while others were very rustic. All were really neat to look at. Some of the cats were from as far away a Arizona. We suspect most of them had been trailered to the event. 

  

 

After washing up, we headed to Pappy’s for dinner. Michele had connected with her friend, Mechele, and she was going to join us for dinner.

Michele and Mechele caught up during dinner and then back at the hotel for a bit. It was good to see Mechele again. Next time we are in the area, we will plan on stopping much closer to her so she does not have to drive so far.

Tomorrow is our last day on the road.