From Liberty to Franklin, Indiana today, 70 miles and 2200 ft of elevation gain. It started out rainy and cold. Interesting in that it started raining around 6 in the morning as we were getting up for breakfast. But the forecast was that it would quit in a couple of hours, and it did. By 11 AM no rain but cloudy, and has we continued west the sky started to clear and sun to show itself. By the time Than and I rolled into the campsite in Franklin it was a beautiful 72 degrees, breezy and partly cloudy. Perfect for drying out our wet tents from this morning. The ride was very nice- going through farmland mostly, relatively flat, interspersed with small towns now and again. The Adventure Cycling group did a good job in routing us on relatively car free roads, although from time to time today we had to pop on Ind 44W which was a quite busy two lane road, sometimes without shoulders. we had a stiff head wind for the last twenty miles or so, so Than and I took turns drafting to ease the pain. Amazing what a difference it makes. We stopped for lunch after Rushville, at a small cherry furniture outlet. Can’t seen that they get much business. The lady said that they used to get their Cherry wood locally, but all the trees were cut down so now it comes from Pennsylvania! Very nice furniture however, I want to start making some good quality solid wood furniture (part of my retirement plan..).
The campsite in Franklin is just in a public park- apparently that is a thing one can do in Indiana! We get to use it for free, along with showers in the rec center there, but Adventure Cycling will provide them some money as a donation.
Here are the RidewithGPS stats:
Biking across the USA with Mike 
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