Wait a minute—now it’s cold. May 23

 I had to dig out gloves and extra vest that I had buried in my duffel, as the temperature was barely scraping 50 degrees, with a bit of wind on top this morning.  We rode 50 miles from Kokomo to Muncie, Indiana, mostly on country roads.  For the first 25 miles we had a strong crosswind which slows you down and is very noisy.  Then we turned south, and suddenly the wind was helpful.  Nothing like coming in with a nice tailwind to make you think positively about a ride.

This llama was definitely posing for us for at least three minutes.

We are still seeing mammoth grain silos, like this one in an otherwise sleepy little town where we stopped for lunch.

Sharon used her plant identification app to find out that this spiky flower is butterweed.  It is lovely, native, and toxic to animals.  It’s been a wet spring, which it likes, so we are seeing lots of it.

                          Nancy riding her recumbent down a trail decorated with butterweed.

I’m still working off yesterday’s ice cream extravaganza, but this sign was too good to pass up.