Short-ish day at 45 miles into Harrodsburg, KY today. Nothing crazy-hard terrain wise, but neither my dad or I felt like pushing it another 40 miles to the next town. The wind was kicking, and I was getting blown all over the road (including across the yellow line on a few turns). I also found myself going at least a mile per hour slower than I knew I was pedaling. Tis never fun pedalling downhill and only getting 9mph. Wind just isn't my favorite, even if it did keep us cool. We had gently rolling hills today (sort of SW Virginia-like), lots of barns with quilt patterns, plently of livestock/hay/lovely smelling weeds, and not enough rest built up. We went about 30 miles before we found an open food place, but it was one of those places that had a table full of good ol' boys going through the latest small town gossip. Those are fun :) Twas nice visiting w/ the fam yesterday and getting some more snacks for the road.
Also, Ted and Lisa (who we passed earlier) have a pretty good blog that explains what we're doing a lot better than this one (alack). Thus, I recommend checking out http://bikerted-theadventuresofted.blogspot.com or crazyguyonabike.com if you're wondering about bike touring related things. (Or ask in the comments, I'll usually answer that).
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