Post RMR Day 10, Sept 19th, Monday

470 miles-- Waverly, Iowa to Indianapolis, Indiana
After checking the weather last night we were very optimistic.  With 970 miles to get to Liz and Cheap's house we split the miles and headed for the other side of Indianapolis.  Greenfield was our goal today.  The morning was 50 and overcast.  Knowing the sun was suppose to make an appearance we started our day early about 8:45am.  Stopping after 45 miles to gas up as we didn't start the day with a full tank.  It was a quick gas-n-go.  You could see breaks in the sky and some blue here and there but not clean at all.  In fact it was overcast and gray looking, as if it could rain at any time.  Stopping again after 153 miles we got a slice of pizza, shoveled it in, gassed up and went on our way.  We were feeling good about our accomplishment so far.  We noticed more breaks of clearness in the sky, being hopeful that perhaps it would clear up.  It did not.  It stayed the same overcast, gloomy look, with cooler temperatures.  We stopped in Champagne, Illinois to gas up and eat a donut.  MMM! First donut I had in about a year or so.  Moving onward toward Indianapolis, the sky became darker and darker the closer we got.  We knew we would be getting rained on.  The question was when.  We were only 60 miles from our goal we just wanted to get there and perhaps a little further.  The weather would prove differently.  We pressed on and as we got to Indianapolis, I was reminded of a song we used to sing in church 'the heavens came down and glory filled my soul' only it was glory in the form of black clouds, thunder and lightening, and torrential downpour.  We quickly got off the interstate as we were hydroplaning everywhere (not fun on a motorcycle) and swooped into the Lowe's under the contractor awning area.  Dry!  We used the facilities and while inside the rain got harder and worse!  It lasted about 10 minutes then stopped.  Completely soaked we decided we were close enough to our destination that we would get a hotel just a couple blocks away.  Just 40 miles short of our goal we pulled into the Best Western.  We were most pleased with our decision.  The lady at the front desk was extremely nice and helpful.  The room was nice too.  Since there were laundry services here (not last night) we decided to dry our clothes and do a load of wash as well.  This morning it was not fun trying to put on wet pants.  They didn't dry all the way from the previous night's downpour. We walked over to the Bob Evans and ate a good meal. Did the normal nightly routine of charging chatter boxes, first drying them out, uploading only the few pictures and blogging.

only had one picture of the pond in Waverly.  It was so pretty so I asked David to ride over and take a picture.