Day #42 Friday September 21

Day #42
Friday September 21

Clarksville, IN to Batesville, IN
113 miles today (22,954 - 23,067)
8,500 miles total

21 states total

Started the day out riding on I-65 north...again.
Stopped just north of Clarksville for breakfast at the Cracker Barrel
restaurant. Once I sat down, the waitress asked me if I'd ever
been mistaken for the man that played "the dad" on the old
Family Ties show, featuring Michael J. Fox. HA! "No" I told
her but thanks anyway. Must be the beard!

I rode up the freeway as far as Seymour where I gassed up and
turned on to US 31. Much better riding, fewer trucks, and much
more interesting scenary.

I arrived in Batesville, IN about 12:10 and called my "old college
buddy" Daryl Miller. He led me to his shop where I parked my
bike and trailer in one of the service bays. The only way we were
going to get to visit with both our schedules was for me to go
to work WITH him! He runs a windshield install business where
he goes to the customer's site to install glass. We drove out in
the country several miles, and made 3 different job sites. It gave
us lots of time to catch up. Daryl was one of those guys that had
a significant impact on my spiritual life as a young college student.
He also was the one to introduce me to MOTORCYCLING!!
THANKS MAN!!! We took lots of short trips together, and would
go to the local dealer (Town & Country in Murray, KY) while in
college and just drool over the new bikes.

We got back too late for me to travel any further, and not knowing
about any of the campgrounds around, I decided to stay in a local
hotel. I needed dinner, gas, set up time, etc. and just didn't want
to mess with it all in the dark or with so little time.

Tomorrow I hope to get completely across Ohio, and into PA or
WV. Yesterday's goal was met, and today I really didn't have one
not knowing how much time I would spend here in Batesville.