The donut distraction

I made a quick drive into bardstowm. Talked the hotel owner into letting is in at 11 instead of three. Found the Laundromat but was distracted by the donut shop next door. Bought donuts and made a delivery to the girlies. They were really moving and had already almost made it to town. Stormy tonight. Glad we are in a dry motel.

Short day

Today Jackie and I took a "rest day." We pedaled 28 fast miles to Bardstown, did laundry, ate, napped, ate, watched tv, and are now ready for bed!

Addendum

While sagging today saw many Amish families with their horse and buggies. Kind of strange seeing hitching posts in front of some the establishments.

Hey y'all

Honey, we're in the South now. The mom is drinking sweet tea like it's going out of style, there is nothing to eat but fried food and BBQ, and it's hot. Even all of the locals have been commenting on the heat.

Our ride today was 57 fast miles. Jackie was on the front pulling like she had a hot date to get to and I was just along for the ride. Fun! She even was able to find and eat a corn dog. We arrived to the campsite and the mom had set up both of our tents, scouted out food options in town, and coordinated with the pool man. Hot and sweaty, we all went for a swim. It was glorious. We then went out to eat (the food was not so glorious) and had ice cream (very glorious). The lady at the ice cream shop was "honey, baby, sweetie" to everyone and everything. It was great.

Tomorrow we have a short day to Bardstown and a hotel (with air conditioning!). It will be nice to have a short day and get a little rest.

Mangy mutts

Had a very uneventful day. 76 miles to the Rough River State Park. The only crazy thing is that we are noticing more and more dogs on the road. Not all of them want to be friends. One nipped at Jackie's heel today but didn't break the skin. Then, while descending, a little lap dog came bounding out of it's yard and we both nearly killed it. We narrowly missed it by only a couple inches. Scary. We are both now on hyper dog alert. Unfortunately, cyclists that we have passed say it only gets worse into Eastern Kentucky. Darn.

On a positive note, I had some authentic Kentucky fried chicken today. Yum. Also, the mom is ridiculously good at sagging (almost as good as she is at riding her bike).

Addendums

#1. The girlies are not allowed to call me The Sagging Mom.

#2. They are getting soft with the sag wagon. Just called me to buy camp chairs. I did.

Amazing

Today was the longest, most amazing day. I'll start at the beginning:

Jackie and I woke up, packed up camp, and pedaled the half mile to the Ohio River. Just as we arrived, the ferry was getting ready to leave. Perfect timing. The ferry operator told us a funny story about a guy who had ridden his bike to the ferry and was disappointed to find there was no road across. Determined to cross the country under his own power, he put his bike on the ferry and swam across!

The ride into Sebree was 56 miles of beautiful, lightly rolling hills. The temperatures were in the high 80s but the humidity was low, under 10%. As soon as we arrived into Kentucky, a Krispy Kreme donut truck passed us. Had I known it was behind me I would have set up a road block and demanded a donut!

We arrived early into the baptist church bike hostel. Words cannot describe this place (but I'm still going to try). The couple who are the head of the church have been hosting cyclists for over 30 years. Nine years ago they built an enormous addition on to the church. It has multiple rooms, an enormous game area with air hockey, ping pong, and pool. Large comfy couches, a huge flat screen tv, showers, a bathroom, wifi, an enormous kitchen, laundry. All of the amenities and more! Then the couple invited us to dinner and we eagerly accepted.

Since we were hungry upon arrival, Jackie and I went to the Dairy Bar and had lunch and milkshakes. When we returned to the church/hostel/bike haven (heaven?) we used the wifi to read up on the Internet. It was then that I spotted a pack of children playing in front of the church. I immediately joined, playing with the sidewalk chalk. We started out by drawing a hopscotch and followed by drawing bikes, lions, horses, and all of the other kids favorite animals. Jackie and I then went inside to rest up before dinner.

The mom made it down to Sebree just as dinner was being served. Three homemade casseroles, vegetables, cornbread, cantaloupe, ice cream, and thin mints. Delicious. We have been utterly spoiled by the hospitality here in Sebree. Tomorrow we have to return to normal touring and will hopefully be camping along the Rough River.