Today was largely a day to put down miles and get back home. The worst part of it was a pain in my right knee. It slowly got worse and worse over the trip. I'd put some pain killing lotion on it most mornings but the long days like today were the worst. I think it is a combination of the strange angle of my leg and the throttle return spring being a little stiff.
We broke up today's trip by taking a very small detour to Skip Barber Racing Museum and the nearby Buckees. Skip Barber was far more than I expected with three or four floors of motorcycles. They were also racing cars on the track outside that you could see from an observation bridge. We enjoyed our time there before hitting the road to put down more miles.
One thing which stuck me driving back was how horrible the roads were the entire way back. There were tremendous pot holes on the roads that you just could not escape. We stopped seeing classic cars pulled over but now modern cars pulled over with tire damage no doubt from the roads. It is rather ridiculous that we spend so much as a country helping others when we don't even have adequate roadways.
We stopped for the evening in West Monroe, LA. Its not the best town or the best hotel but it worked. We ultimately ate a few steaks at Logan's steakhouse, drove past Duck Commander, and made it to the hotel right before it began to storm heavily. Luckily, we checked the following morning and there wasn't any water in the floorboard. It seems what we had found there in the days prior was all from the AC box leaking due to the drain hose or condensation.
Our mileage at the end of the day was 2,540.
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