I made this trip down by myself. Since there was nobody else to talk sense into me, I decided to leave home at 4:00AM. Normally I have no problem waking up for a motorcycle trip, but I sure was tired this time. I did not actually get out of the driveway until 4:15, so I started the trip out 15 minutes behind schedule.
I made great time on the way down. No traffic, great weather. There sure were a lot of police out in Ohio for the Labor Day weekend, but somehow I managed to avoid their radar. Many others were not so lucky. All was well until I got half way through Kentucky. This is where I ran into a massive traffic jam. There was a terrible wreck that just destroyed a big truck, and it really tied up traffic bad. Even with the wreck I managed to arrive at the Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort around 3:30PM so I still managed to make the trip pretty fast.