Next stop Indianapolis

Friday 17 August 2012 – Indianapolis
Happy Birthday Chell

Day 127 and 31 to go

Paul had snuck out at 8 and was having a shower before I even woke up. He had to wake me and get me out of bed and ready for the day ahead. When we were both ready, with bags packed we went to the restaurant for breakfast. WE figured if we ate a decent brecky we wouldn’t need anything until dinner.

We finished up, returned to the room to grab our bags and then we checked out and were in the car by 9.15am. We were on the freeway before we knew it following the same road back to Chicago soon crossing the Illinois state line. We passed the Key Lime Cove water park (Check out their website http://www.keylimecove.com/index.cfm ) and the rollercoaster park as well. Check out one of the roller coasters here OMG It looked so insane. http://www.sixflags.com/greatamerica/xflight/index.html

If we could have stopped Paul would have been on in a flash and I would have been dragged on it kicking and screaming!

We stopped at 10.30 to fill the car with fuel and then we continued south passing around the city of Chicago closer to the airport. We found we were stopping every 20 miles or so at tollbooths. They only wanted a couple of bucks each time but it was frustrating having to come off the freeway each time.

By the time midday passed we were entering Indiana and making our way to Indianapolis. Once crossing the state line the time zone reverted to NY time with our clocks moving forward an hour so it was now 1pm.

The drive through Indiana took us passed many farms, mainly corn and wind. The roads were filled with pickups and trucks. Most of them with no idea of how they should drive, the number of times we were tailgated or cut off were just crazy. We were also surprised at the small number of bikes on the road. Any we did pass were large tourers not sports bikes.

By 2.50pm we were finally pulling into our hotel in Indianapolis. As soon as we were out of the car we could hear the sound of bikes circling a track. We checked in and went straight to our room. It was a large suite with separate kitchen, lounge, bedroom and bathroom. We then collected our bags, set up our things and then headed out to the post office to buy another box.

We didn’t have to travel far and we were obviously heading in the direction of the race way as there were so many bikes coming at us on the road. We stopped at a grocery store to buy some meals for the next few days and then we returned to the hotel.

We both needed a rest after a long drive. We watched TV while making up the box and filling it with more of our things. I did some net surfing and then we cooked up our dinner between the microwave and the stove. It wasn’t a bad knock up.

We then decided we would go for a walk. We wandered through the car park of the hotel and there were plenty of bikes parked up. We followed the White River crossing the river a couple of times. It was a lovely night, no wind and still quite warm. After 45 min we returned to our room.

We watched a little more TV before finally heading to bed. 

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