DAY 5

Waited for JB to hear back from the airlines about a start date this morning. We got good news he is with us for at least another week. This delayed our start time until a little after ten. Leaving Covington we again headed east happy to be on the road under clouds, temps in the 70's and a light breeze. Crossing into Mississippi we stopped to get a quick picture at the Welcome sign and back on the bikes. We stopped again after the short ride across Mississippi to get a picture at the Welcome to Alabama sign.

The day was going great right up until the sky opened up and poured on us. We stopped briefly to let it pass only to drive right back into it, we managed to do this several times. At one point we were driving over a steep high bridge in pouring rain with lightning, thunder, and very high cross winds. Shortly after this we decided to stop for the night in Panama City FL, as everyone was completely soaked. The good news is that our rain gear stayed nice and dry in the saddle bags.

During dinner the deli had the TV on to the tornado/hurricane warning station and they where showing a radar loop of the days severe weather, more good news it was green with a red center and by careful driving we managed to stay in the red center for several hours.

One last item for the day...Bruce and I decided to go to a bar next door to the motel to see if we could watch the Suns game. The waitress said it was a friendly place, Joe's Corner Pub, or according to the sign out front "Jo "s Cor Pub". We noticed right away that this was not what we thought. Bruce looked far to clean cut to be in the place at all. I fit in no hair cut since December, Harley shirt, haven't shaved in a week, just had far to many teeth. A quick beer and we decided to watch the game from the room.