Day 23 July 1st
rest day
(1227.9 miles total)
Road kill: More than we can count...
Bee stings: Justin 3, Rose 1, Maya, 1
Lincoln homesteads: 2
Drive by conversations: Rose, 1 Maya, 2
Thunderstorms: 3 (Only cycled in one)
Mishaps: Maya left tent poles in Kentucky (had them shipped to S. Illinois-required some creativity)
Flipped trucks blocking the road: 2
Mormon preachings: 1
Newspaper interviews: 1
Bikers met so far: 10 males, 0 females.... ?
Earliest morning: 6am
Latest evening ride: day one, 9:30pm, but dark and scary
Scariest event so far: Biking with the ferocious coal trucks to Breaks Interstate park with no shoulder and narrow curvy steep roads ahhh!
Funnest event so far: Biking with the $15 ipod speakers through Marion, Kentucky.
So we've been picking up the speeds these last few days as it has flattened out a bit. (However Southern Illinois had plenty of steep little ups and downs.) We are currently in Murphysboro, Illinois which is right on the border with Missouri, staying with some old friends of my Father.
We've met up with another biker named Justin and are continuing to travel with him as his partner went home weeks ago with a bum knee. Today we will all go into the bike shop in Carbondale to get some tune ups and much needed bike accessories as bike shops can sometimes be hundreds of miles apart.
We're not exactly looking forward to eastern Missouri for a number of reasons. The Ozark mountains are supposed to be just as steep as the Appalacians and the roads, possibly even narrower. A firefighter we met from Detroit who was biking cross-country to raise money for child burn victims told us that somebody actually tried to run him off the road! And another biker we met, Ryan Johnson had a similar experience. Not to worry anyone out there! We are getting this rest day in so that tomorrow we can wake up bright and early and speed through the eastern Missouri. Then on to the flatlands of Kansas where we hope the wind will be on our side : )
-Rose
Once again we would like to thank those who have donated, we really really appreciate it! Bob Cheak and Dan Kestlan from the friendly little city of Burgin, Kentucky, and also the cross-country rider Rol Hesselbart from Heath, Mass.
Thank you!
Day 22 June 30th
91 miles
Day 21 June 29th
58.7 miles
Day 20 June 28th
74 miles
Maya got her first flat tire!
Day 19 June 27th
95 miles
Day 18 June 26th
60 miles
Day 17 June 25th
40.2 miles
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Hi Rose,
Just received the Deerfield Communicator and read about your adventure. If you need a place to stay in Colorado, we are around this summer and would love to put you up for the night and feed you a homecooked meal. We are in Fort Collins, Colorado. If that is out of your way, let us know where you will be and we'll try to make sure to see you.
Be safe!!
Sue and Jeff Harbour
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