Landed in Wisconsin

Got up early in order to get on the highway to my brother Al's home in Brookfield, Wisconsin and take advantage of the cooler temperature and light traffic.

The traffic was light in Kentucky and scenic.

Just before crossing into Illinois, I passed 4 Rivers Harley Davidson with a unique building.

It may be hard to tell, but the building looks like a side-wheel riverboat, including smoke stacks.

I crossed the Ohio River into Illinois and the weather was very comfortable but wind started to blow from the north-northwest and increase in velocity to about 10 miles an hour. This made the ride a bit of a strain in order to fight the wind pushing me to the right. The farther north I road the more the wind increased to about 20 mph.  At the end of the day, I was a bit tired.

Just after crossing the Ohio River, I passed Metropolis.......the home of Superman!!

Superman is painted on the water tower and in downtown they have huge statue of Superman.

http://metropolistourism.com/


On the way through Illinois, I saw many more bike riders. Here is one Patriotic Rider that passed me.

You have go to admire his patriotism.

With the wind blowing at a good clip, the few clouds were very high cirrus at about 20,000 feet.

Highway 57 took me to Chicago and ultimately to Brookfield and my brother's house. I arrived at about 3:30 pm after 9 hours and 583 miles riding time.

Glad to get off the bike and spend time with my family.

Done for today.