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Wednesday, August 27, 2008, Uncle Paul's house, Salem, Indiana
Well, I goofed up on the date on the last few posts; this is the correct date. Today we made it farther than we planned - all the way to Salem, a milestone in our trip. We started rather late after eating breakfast. We left Mom to finish the packing and headed out around 10:30. We headed out on Hwy. 150. Unfortunately, it had a rumble strip going the full way across the shoulder, which was wide, about 10 feet. So even though we were safe, we were putting unwanted wear and tear on our bikes, especially the tires. After awhile it started raining on us, but not too hard. We made pretty good time to Pauli and planned to camp there but couldn't find a place, so we decided to go all the way into Salem, a couple hour's ride away. By the time we got to Salem, it was almost dark, and before we arrived to Uncle Paul's house, he drove up and escorted us to his house. Before going to bed, Uncle Paul and the rest of us went to Wendy's for fast food. It was great to see him and Aunt Harriet again. 95 miles.