Hit the road at 9.30am. Was awake at 6am but too tired to move. The road really began to level out today. This morning on two more occasions dogs ran out at me but I was better prepared this time & saw them coming. No worries. I passed through Zanesville of which I have no recollection. I just cannot remember anything about that town, fatigue must be giving me blanks. I do remember that after Zanesville the road ran absolutely straight for mile after mile. It undulated, slightly, up and down but didn't turn left or right. Large firlds full of crops passed by on either side.
To be honest I can't remember much, or anything of the small towns I passed through on that road. What stands out is the view of the road stretching away in the distance to a crest of a small ridge a couple of miles away. Each ridge was used as a target and if the road slope downwards you just pushed to keep the speed up.
At some point in the afternoon I knew I had to stop so I decided on Hebron a few mles down the road. The afternoon heat was building up and around 3.30pm I stopped at a bar on the edge of town. As well as a few cars parked outside there were 7-8 Harleys & I thought 'I'm gonna be a right sight in this place. Inside there wer tv's on. One was showing Croatia v Turkey. On a jukebox it was good old C & W. I ordered some food & ended up staying an hour & saw most of the 2nd half. I was wrecked & happy to sit down & watch the match.
An old guy came into the bar & pumped money into the juke box. Tom Jones, Tammy Wynette, Randy Travis and he told the whole bar little bits of trivia about each song. He was the Honky Tonk man.
Just before full tie in the match I left. I still had 20 miles to Columbus & I just wanted to get it done. Just beyond Kirksville, major roadworks reduced the road to a single lane but it was great for me because I could cycle on newly tarmacced road still closed to traffic this little piece of Ohion heaven brought me to the edge of Columbus & down to the motel I'd picked out.
To be honest I didn't like the place. The motel felt rough, it was in a dodgy area, there were dodgy characters hanging about. That night there were drunken arguments outside. I wasn't going hang about in this place
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