What a day today has been! Let me start off by saying the fire house last night once again was amazing, we were able to clean our clothes, shower and use their kitchen so we had breakfast for dinner then finished it off before starting our insane day today.
Spencer's, the guy going east, took off at 5:45am and probably ended his day by noon. We however like sleeping late and not getting early starts, so our day of riding began at 8am. The first 25 miles from Utica to Sebree were not bad at all, not too much climbing and almost NO DOGS! At Sebree the heat began to kick in, we took an hour to hide from the sun and drink tons of water. We also began to figure out where we would end for the night, Cave in Rock became our goal for the day! About 57 more miles to go, and we were feeling good! The weather had another plan for us as per usual. We take off and make it 12 more miles to Dixon where the only place with shade was a closed gas station, and considering nothing else was open we took what we could get. During this break we passed out for a good 45 minutes or so, making us look like two dead cyclists on the side of the road. Not a single person seemed concerned about us during this break, which made us a little sad but we understood because we probably looked like lunatics! Finally we mustered up the energy to get to the next town of Clay, KY where there was a gas station that was open and a store to sit in and soak up some AC! We must of looked pathetic because the ladies behind the counter gave us free donuts to go along with our yummy gatorades. At this point the temperature was 93 degrees with a heat index of 105. Yikes, our goal of Cave in Rock wasn't looking too good. When the sun calmed down a bit we tried for our last 34 miles but only made it 9 before having to seek out shelter. The wind began throwing us back and forth like a cat playing with a ball of yarn. We found Enon General Baptist Church and asked if it would be ok to pitch our tent on the grass. Instead we were offered a garage of one of the church members who lives right down the road. Next thing we know, we're being invited to stay for the service, oh joy. Nothing against church goers, its just not my thing or lil foot's either, but we said sure out of guilt. The people here are beyond sweet, before service began, arrangements were made for us to stay inside the church and use there kitchen for whatever we would like! Now I was ok with staying for service, more out of a thanks to the people for being so kind, but man oh man it was hard to understand the preacher. I know my accent and fast talking is sometimes tough to understand but this was a whole other level. An hour and 15 minutes later the service was over and about 8 prayers were said to keep up safe during our journeys across the country, again such sweet people! After giving everyone a hug it looked like it would finally be time to unwind and relax before bed, then Mary and Donald (the couple whom originally offered their garage) came walking in with a box full of food and drinks for us to eat now and take with us. We were just looking for a place to pitch our tent and instead got about 10 people within walking distance looking out for us!
Must say although we didn't reach our goal today, its amazing that we found this place at the time we did!
Now for some of the funnier parts of the day... We have been noticing here and there that some people don't like to wear shoes in public which is gross for the most part but today I noticed a woman walk into the gas station with just socks on. Weird. Next was this little midget, at the same location, we believe to be a drug dealer had the funniest pick up truck... The pick up part was completely missing, it was just the front half of the truck. The smells are still present and today I believe we passed three manure farms, one of which made me come real close to up chucking. Not fun. And finally the conversation at the very end of the night with two of the church member women....
Church lady #1 - Do you girls need sanitary napkins.
Us - No No No, we are all good. Thanks for everything.
Church lady #1 - Ok. I wasn't sure and even though I don't get mine anymore I made it a personal rule to always have them at my house encased someone else is in need.
Lady #2 - I don't get mine either ever since 61, I had a historectomy!
(At this point we have really heard enough but they weren't done just yet.)
Lady #1 - Now I use them sometimes when I'm out in public so when I sneeze or cough I always have something on to protect me.
Me - better safe than sorry, I guess.
All - haha
Lady #1 - We'll be going now, have a good night.
Us - Good night, thanks again.
Aren't you glad I shared that with you, now we can all have creepy ass dreams together!
Night night all! Border in the morning and Elizabethtown by noon with a cold beer in me about five minutes after that!!!
Happy 4th of July!
Sasq
Also as a side note, lil foot and I are still getting along real well! Apparently all other cyclists we've come across think we should be at each other's throats by now, bit luckily we aren't! Though it does look like someone has been beating lil foot at night, I promise it is not me.
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