Since I'm in a motel this morning, and the breakfast is free, I'm going to take every advantage of that. Served 6am-10am every day (including Sunday) I'm at the breakfast bar 6:20 and ready to indulge. 

I spy the automatic pancake machine - game on! The machine quickly begins churning and the LCD display shows two pancakes on the conveyor moving through the process. I'm giddy with excitement and rather than just stand there and watch the LCD "blips" move across the screen, I collect my toppings. I gather multi-fruit jelly spread and one of the paper plates. In a little less than 60 seconds, the first pancake rolls off the conveyor and deposits itself on the plate. Then, 10 seconds later, the other pancake does the same. I sit with my breakfast, spread the topping, and cut into the pancake. The consistency of the "food" is a little like spackling paste, and they tear apart as the glutinous disc remains stuck to the plate. I use the plastic knife to scrape it off the plate and create some semblance of a doughy mass on my fork. I don't fare too much better with the taste - it's a jelly-flavored paper towel in my opinion. One bite and the rest goes into the trash. I hate wasting food but after tasting it, I didn't consider it food. 

Surprisingly, the coffee was really good. And from a machine, too.

Sunup was 7:25am, and by 7:10 I had my lights on and I was on my way - it was bright enough to go. Traffic was light, and since today was a reversal of yesterday's route, I was basically riding home seeing everything I saw yesterday.

Sunday morning lack of traffic didn't disappoint - very few vehicles on the road

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Happy to get home by 10:30am and 38 miles complete. I realize I really needed this weekend to get my sense of adventure back. The weather has really been terrible and this was a chance to really enjoy the weekend.

Except for those God-awful pancakes.