The second part of that double country crossing trip on the National Old Trails Road and the Pike’s Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway is underway. When scheduling issues led to me splitting what was originally conceived as a single outing, I planned to start and end part 1 at the Ohio-Indiana border but it didn’t quite work out that way. For the sake of convenience, I slipped about a mile into Indiana, where the National Road and the National Old Trails Road diverge to begin the eastbound portion of the trip. Not reaching the state line on the westbound portion was not convenient at all. Road debris and a flat tire ended the trip about 90 miles early. So I have spent the first day of this outing returning to the scene of the interruption, covering those 90 miles, and getting started on Indiana. California, here I come.

This entry lets blog-only subscribers know about the trip and provides a place for comments. The journal is here.