Making the decision to go or stay is painstaking! The Weather Channel predicted bad things coming our way. Do we make a run for it and hope for the best? Or, do we stay put and ... what? Watch tv, twiddle our thumbs, watch the Weather Channel some more? Agonizing! Fully clothed in riding gear, rainsuits on top of that, putting bags and gear in and on the bikes in a thunder storm, and hoping for just a break in the weather to high tail it west. It was already late morning. The hotel we were staying in indicated we needed to book for another night because the maids needed to clean the room. The lightning and thunder moved on east, the wind died down, and the rain subsided a bit when Ted and I decided to leave McGehee, Arkansas and see how far we could go before the bad weather forced us to stop.
As we rode northwest up Rt. 65 the rain dried out and heavy cloud cover took it's place. Traffic picked up on I-530 as we got closer to Little Rock. We crossed the Arkansas River and joined I-40 through city traffic. We rode around 200 mile until the rain started again about 5:30. We were right at Russellville and that seemed a fitting place to hang our hat for the night (I-40 & Rt. 7). Bad storms rolled in over night, but the Hampton Inn let us park the bikes under their front roof in case of hail.
We have decided to stay an extra day and let this system move on through the area. Tornadoes came through Arkansas and Oklahoma last week with much damage. We don't want to be on the road if it happens again. We'll stay and look around Russellville and relax today.
Total miles: 200 mi.
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What an adventure with the thunderstorms. So, you have a town named after you. How cool is that!
Be safe.
Kevin Lang
I hope all is well with both you and Ted. I've been following your travels daily. It's now Sunday the 18th and there hasn't been any updates since the 14th.
Ride Safe,
Cousin Kim in PA
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