East Coast Trip 2012 - Day 2

   Monday, 8-12-12. Woke up early to the sound of a pissed off 1-year-old, but slept well. Got a lil taste of what it's like to be a father of 3, that's enough of that. Left West St. Louis around 7am and headed toward Indianapolis. This ended up being my longest riding day, around 700 miles total. When you're on a bike trip, you need to get the long stretches outta the way early, so you can roll shorter pulls later when the saddle ass gets more tender.
   Hit a lil light rain around Indianapolis. This would be a theme. Ran into stand still traffic in Columbus, OH due to an overturned semi. Had to reset my fancy gps and find another way, which tacked on a few miles to an already long day.
   I think it was in a suburb of Columbus, I passed a Jeep that said "PAWN SHOP" on the spare tire cover. Thought it was kinda odd that it didn't designate any particular pawn shop. Almost like the dude just enjoyed pawn shops in general? Right about then, I passed an exit sign that said "SHOPPING MALL". No mall in particular, just "shopping mall". I've entered the twilight zone! It's funny how your thoughts wander and you find little ways to entertain yourself when all you have to do is keep the bike upright and look for the next exit. 
   Ended up setting up camp, in the rain, at a KOA just south of Canton. Cost me $30 for a primitive site! Fuck! Thought I was gettin bent over, but on this trip, learned that this was an average price and better than paying $60 for a room. Ballin on a budget. Tomorrow........ Canton.