Cleveland, Ohio to Michigan City, Indiana (300 miles)
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I planned for a lot and packed a ton of stuff but one thing I DIDN'T think about is data storage.... All of the videos I am shooting take up a lot of space on a computer. By the time I got to cleveland I couldn't fit any more video on my computer... So I stopped off at Wal-Mart to get an external hard drive to put all my videos on... and I'll have to get another one in a couple of days
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| Souls of Mischief/Heiroglyphics Crew (Walmart Parking Lot) |
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| Plus someone dressed like they're going to the moon |
Land:
Leaving Cleveland the land gets flat quick and all that is around is truck stops and corn. I know I told all of the 7th graders about how every time we eat corn we see it twice.... well I've seen my fair share of corn and it's only going to get worse from here...
Weather:
It was really windy because the land is so flat and there are no trees, hills, mountains etc.. to break up the wind and slow it down.. I was getting blown around a lot..
Then....
I was trying to make it to Chicago today but then this happened...
The sky blackened & I could see lightning. I pulled over to put waterproof covers on my bags but didn't have time to put my liners inside of my jacket and pants.. it takes about 10 minutes and never mind I cant take my pants off on the side off the highway.. At this point the wind is really wipping and I start to get poured on.. You could see the wall of water coming and then...
... I had to get to cover. I start driving& I CAN'T see.. (The picture doesn't do it justice
because my visor on my helmet wasn't this clear..) I was getting blown from one side of the lane to another and there are tractor trailers going by. At this point I am driving around 40 MPH and tapping my brakes so that people coming up behind me see me... I was praying for a bridge to be coming soon. I have been in a motorcycle accident and this was scarier (because I had to live this for about 10-15 minutes until I got to a bridge)
Walls of water carried by the wind gust would just hit me and sent me one way and then another... Was definitely a sketchy feeling but then..... I got to a bridge and a bunch of cars pulled over behind me.. I was shaken up a bit.. This was the first point where I was like what am I doing out here...
Got under the bridge, relaxed and then started shooting footage.. as the storm passed (about 10-15 minutes after getting to the bridge) this is what I saw
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| The intense light from the lightning blinded my camera |
After the rain really lightened up I got back on the bike and headed for the nearest coffee shop (truck stop). When I got there someone asked me if I was out in that because there were 80 mile per hour winds... I told him I didn't really have a choice I had to make it to a bridge... Power was out in much of the area and tree limbs were down..
Next stop! Michigan City ( nearest place that has restaurants and hotels)
