It was a typical road trip day until about 2 hours ago. We ate the motel breakfast, stopped for charging and coffee a few times, and bickered a few times about absolutely nothing. One charging stop brought us to a Wal-Mart, where I donated $1 to get this duck. I’m not sure what I donated to, but I’ve enclosed a picture of my weird, $1 giraffel-duck.

That was the end of the good times. See all the trucks behind the duck? There is some sort of crash ahead of us on I-70, we’ve been sitting here for 2 hours, no end in sight. But on the plus side, we’re not the ones on fire, so I probably shouldn’t complain.

Hopefully we will be in St. Louis sometime tonight. 

Still on the road, still not on the bikes. 30 more miles today to Columbus, where we are looking forward to Schmidt’s Sausage House in the German Village. 

Yes, it’s always about food. Which is why I took this picture this morning. I always appreciate cereal in a gumball machine, even if I’m not partaking of it. (I had oatmeal, Dana has eggs, probably more age appropriate the Froot Loops.)

Hopefully, we’ll be in St. Louis tomorrow.

No, we’re not in Missouri yet. We are currently heading to a Hampton Inn in Buffalo. But I’ll email everyday, biking or not.

We’ve been on the road for 11 hours today, but we stopped for a lovely Thai lunch in Wynantskill, NY with my college friend, Chris, and her husband Mike. Other than that, it’s been charging stations and rest stops. SuzAnne made us some diabetic-friendly muffins, which made a nice breakfast and, later, a nice snack. 

We will start the day tomorrow with the breakfast buffet at the hotel – I’m thinking Froot Loops! Them we’ll be off  to Columbus.