Funny how one rolls over in the middle of the night, half awake, and thinks . . . “Is that a gentle rain I hear on the tent fly.” ANSWER: Yes!!! The forecast was for a few showers between 3 and 5 AM the the weather guys hit it right on the button. I was up at 6:00am and by then it had stopped but was overcast.

It was just emJay, Becky, Charlie and me left in camp and three other tents in the campground. The plan was for the girls to pack up and we would all all drive into town for breakfast.

Down at Cagney’s, a hearty breakfast was had by all and soon it was just Charlie and me left in camp to pack the final load into the trailer and head north. Becky was flying out of Winston/Salem and emJay was heading out of Charlotte

Becky officially returns to the ‘real world’ by literally severing her ties with Merlefest!

The forecast was for rain, on and off, all the way home.

The pack up went smooth and by 11:00am we were headed north. On the route home we decided to avoid Chicago by going north through, Asheville, Knoxville, Lexington, Louisville, Champaign, Bloomington, Rockford and on to MSN.  And . . . we were the last ones out of camp!

A beautiful ride through the mountains around Asheville, the horse country of Kentucky and soon we were in Frankfurt, our home for the night.

This was interesting . . . we passed an “Adult Store”, that looked like it was an old motel . . . and it  was BIG, but right down at the property line was this cross which seemed even BIGGER. Someone must be trying to save someones soul!

As we headed down the road and past Berea, KY, I remembered we passed through Berea, and under the interstate, on the cross country bike trip I was part of six years ago.

Not remembering exactly what had happened that day, I referred to my CGOAB journal to refresh my memory and found it was one of the funniest days of the whole trip.

Click here to read the entry. It involves savage, wild dogs and charging PIGS!

As we headed out to O’Charleys for dinner the skies finally let loose and it poured most of the night. Maybe that will be it for rain?