My mind is made up, I will here in Jefferson City, MO abandon my plan to complete US-50 and will deviate for reason to avoid the major cities, and also not to get to far South and in the aftermath of hurricane Ian. I think Jefferson City is the right place as it is the starting place of the Santa Fe Trail, as much as it was part of the Lewis & Clark expedition 1804 - 1806 to the West (originally started in St. Louis). So to end my personal tracking of US-50 and the trails, I think I can live with that decision.
So the plan is to take US-50 toward St. Louis, MO, run South around it on the Interstate bypass, and pick up US-50 again, continue till East of Cincinnati, OH, and then go North to pick up I-70 and run home. That's the plan, basta. I program my Navi, first check point, Salem, MO. And so I start, follow US-50, get directed to US-63 South, no big deal I think as I want to go around St. Louis on the south side. When I arrive in Rolla, MO and get directed to MO-72 South, I figure something is wrong. I default to the old school printed map and find that there are two! Salem in Missouri, and the stupid (or was it me for not checking) Navi directed me to the one which was out of my way. Now I have to change my plan as I lost one hour and half going in the wrong direction. I change to I-44 and make my way back to St. Louis, and whilst on the Interstate I continue on I-70 and run up to Indianapolis, IN to continue to Columbus, OH. Indianapolis is a nightmare because of all the construction on the Hwy going on, and the dark clouds above me don't make me more comfortable. The road is slightly wet, it must have rained here before my arrival, also temperatures are dropping a lot, and it stays like this till Columbus, OH, but I never got wet.
"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley." - Robert Burns, Scottish Poet
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