Day #15 - You've Been In Kentucky Too Long When You Know What 18-Wheelers Are Shipping By Smelling The Air As They Pass. [Chickens]

What a day! We woke around 6:30 at the fire station. Cold chicken left over from last night served as our breakfast. We were on the road by 8:15. It was already getting to be hot outside and was very windy. Again the wind was so bad, especially when trucks went by, it almost blew us off the road. The day started out looking nice but every time we would stop to rest people warned us that it was going to rain today. After biking 40 miles we stopped for lunch, and that's when the first storm hit.


The storm passed over pretty quickly and we were back on the track. 10 miles down the road a second storm hit. Wr pulled under some trees on the side of the road and waited it out. Once the storm let up we continued to bike and it rained lightly for about 10 miles but then hit heavy. In the worst part of the storm we saw an old general store on the side of the road and stood on the porch. We realized after we got onto the porch that the building was private property. After sitting on the porch for about 15 minutes the owner came out of the building and started talking to us. He was very friendly, insisted that we stay longer, told us the history of the area and about other bikers who have stopped there. He had a huge arrowhead collection and took our water bottles into the house and filled them up for us. He told us of a church in town that invites bikers to stay. So after the storm we biked the last 9 miles into town. We found the church but couldn't find anyone to show us where to sleep so we went across the street to eat. The lady that waited on us tried helping us out but she couldn't get a hold of the pastor either. it was around 7:30 and we still didn't have a place to stay so we biked another 12 miles in the setting sun trying to beat the darkness. We made it to the ferry before dark.


We were the only ones on the ferry and the ferrymen were extremely nice.


They told us where we could stay tonight. We made it to Cave in the Rock State Park and the host let us stay under a shelter away from the rain. He talked to us for a while about the history of the area and even provided us with bug spray. We ended up with a total of 83 miles of biking today.


The sunsets are nice too.

A side note from Mr. G:
Sorry to disappoint everyone, but after reaching our families in Kansas I have decided the trip will be over. The long biking days, day after day, and constant worry about many things has made me decide not to go on. We still have a week to go and we are going to go as far as we can, so we will keep on blogging until then. Stephen, on the other hand is going to try to continue on if his parents allow him to.


Stephen Rosenberger.
Mr. G.

Location:Ponderosa Dr,Goreville,United States