Still Monday.

You would not believe the rain and thunder we are having here. Its now 2040hrs and the heavens have opened after another very warm day.

Just been watching the news and they are having tremendous problems with flooding across the great plains. The Mississippi, Cedar and Minnesota rivers have all burst there banks and river levels are at record heights. Something like 39ft above normal. Towns and cities in the area are under water with numerous roads closed. And guess what - it is all on my outward route. Will anything go smooth?

Been checking my map and have decided on detour. Will head to Detroit and head north through Michigan to a point where the Michigan and Huron Lakes meet, and will then turn west onto US2. In other words, I will do the homeward leg as the outward leg and come back across the great plains in a few weeks, hopefully the flooding will have receded a little by then and the ground will be drier for camping.

Its great to see your comments and I will try to move on a little now.

Thanks also for the birthday wishes, getting the bike back is probably the best present I could have had this year, and Lou, Loz, Jo and Glenn, the money is going on a steak tomorrow to celebrate.