Days without rain gear: 2
Because we were on the east side of Cincinnati, we decided to get an early start to beat any morning rush hour traffic as we headed west.
The humidity was already very high in the pre-dawn hours and the fog was quite thick. For the next few hours, we drifted in and out of the soup during our westward movement from Ohio, through Indiana and into Illinois.
Soon we were back on 50 and the temps were now in the 90 °s. Much of the road was flat and straight but filled with the scents and sights of farm life.
As we left Salem, Illinois, we were 50 miles from our hotel just outside of St. Louis, Missouri when my bike shut off. When I say shut off, I mean as if I turned the ignition switch to off.
First thought was the battery. Judy rode back to Salem and purchased a battery and I installed it...no such luck. It still would not turn on. It was then that I called AAA for a tow. Turns out the Dealer, Fireze H-D was only 4 miles from our hotel.
In the two hours it took for AAA to send a truck, at least eight vehicles stopped to make sure we were o.k. The gentleman whose house we stopped in front of, Gerry, came out twice to bring us water, ice, and paper towels.
The tow driver and his wife took us to the dealer, where they were waiting for our arrival. Then the tow driver took me and my luggage to the hotel.
Damn nice people here in southern Illinois.....
UPDATE...
At 9:35 this morning, the service tech at Frieze Harley-Davidson called to tell me the ignition switch had gone bad (Second time-remember Ron?) and he would have it fixed and have us back on the road in about two hours.
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