It doesn’t show up very well in this picture but it is pouring rain. Last night about midnight it started raining hard and rained all night long. About 2 am our tent started leaking water and by morning much of what was in it was wet. I am thinking, “I really don’t want to ride in this stuff all day” so I google “closest cheap motel” and 7.4 miles away right on our route was one for $65 a night. We had a little bicycle council meeting amoung us all, and decided to take another rest day at this motel. We called and they had enough rooms and “yes” we could check in at 9 am instead of waiting until 3 pm. So now we have stuff hung up all over our motel room with the heat turned up and the fan on high trying to dry everything out. We will take it across the street to the laundry mat if it isn’t dry by 3 pm. This is our first rain storm of the trip. I thought for awhile we might make it without one but what would a bicycle trip be without a rain storm.  The weather report for tomorrow is for rain but not heavy rain so we will bicycle tomorrow for sure.