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60° in January '18

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Planned a little ride today, wanted to get some miles on the last day of January since it is going to be 60°. The total drive time should be about 4 hours and 8 minutes at 189 miles, at least this is what Google says. Counting my trip to Russellville I put a total of 361 miles on the bike. I woke up and current temperature was 33° with a feels like of 25°, it was a cold start. I was really hoping that feels like came up before it hits the road this morning. And when I hit the road it did not get any warmer, but it didn't get any colder either! About 20 miles outside of Russellville I did get a little colder and a thought came across my mind, wonder what the high is up here, rookie mistake. As luck would have it, Russellville is reporting a high of 65° and a current temperature of 44°. Guess maybe it was just time for a stop. My first part of the trip, to save som e time, was going up I-40 to Russellville and taking exit 81 jumping on HWY 7/27 headed north. Unsure what the gas optio...