Up at 5:30 am again, like usual. Really starting to wear on me. Breakfast was sponsored by an alumnus but there wasn't a ton of food. So, I started my long day off with half a donut and a bagel with cream cheese. We racked out of the city and not even five miles into the ride I had another fall. This time it was in city traffic and I was pretty lucky there weren't any cars behind me. I was crossing lanes to the left but the streets had cracks lining each lane and the groove was lifted about an inch or so higher so that when I tried crossing over, I didn't. And my tires kind of got stuck in the crack and turning my handle bars only sent me over them. I was still riding Andrew's new bike but there was barely any damage to the bike. I landed on my hand hard, actually the same place I had a burn make on from the day before. I've got some scratches on my elbow, shoulder, and back as well. I rode the rest of the day though, all 82 miles of it up and down the big hills of Kentucky. How come no one told me that Kentucky has such giant hills/small mountains? This was also the most humid a day of riding has been and I was dripping sweat all day. We didn't eat lunch until after 3:00 pm because of the long day of riding plus some confusion on where lodging was. It was at a disability rec. center. Lunch was Qdoba tacos which is a great change from sandwiches with two slices of meat or the burgers and hot dogs we usually get. With about an hour and a half of time to shower and run errands we were back on the clock for a dinner and friendship visit with the organization that was hosting us. Back to barbecue for dinner! The visit was huge. Tons of people just kept showing up. We had a dance going and a few other activities. I danced my little heart out again like I always do at our dances.
The night didn't stop hopping until around 8:30 pm which was exhausting for us, especially after a long, tough day. We rolled with the punches though and had a great visit. I decided that I needed some rest bad and got to sleep a little after 10:00 pm. This gave me around 8 hours of sleep. I'm trying as best as I can not to zonk out with so little time left. With a day off coming up soon and I'll just be trying to take it easy for the next couple of days so that I'm rested for the last stretch.
Up at 5:30 am again, like usual. Really starting to wear on me. Breakfast was sponsored by an alumnus but there wasn't a ton of food. So, I started my long day off with half a donut and a bagel with cream cheese. We racked out of the city and not even five miles into the ride I had another fall. This time it was in city traffic and I was pretty lucky there weren't any cars behind me. I was crossing lanes to the left but the streets had cracks lining each lane and the groove was lifted about an inch or so higher so that when I tried crossing over, I didn't. And my tires kind of got stuck in the crack and turning my handle bars only sent me over them. I was still riding Andrew's new bike but there was barely any damage to the bike. I landed on my hand hard, actually the same place I had a burn make on from the day before. I've got some scratches on my elbow, shoulder, and back as well. I rode the rest of the day though, all 82 miles of it up and down the big hills of Kentucky. How come no one told me that Kentucky has such giant hills/small mountains? This was also the most humid a day of riding has been and I was dripping sweat all day. We didn't eat lunch until after 3:00 pm because of the long day of riding plus some confusion on where lodging was. It was at a disability rec. center. Lunch was Qdoba tacos which is a great change from sandwiches with two slices of meat or the burgers and hot dogs we usually get. With about an hour and a half of time to shower and run errands we were back on the clock for a dinner and friendship visit with the organization that was hosting us. Back to barbecue for dinner! The visit was huge. Tons of people just kept showing up. We had a dance going and a few other activities. I danced my little heart out again like I always do at our dances.
The night didn't stop hopping until around 8:30 pm which was exhausting for us, especially after a long, tough day. We rolled with the punches though and had a great visit. I decided that I needed some rest bad and got to sleep a little after 10:00 pm. This gave me around 8 hours of sleep. I'm trying as best as I can not to zonk out with so little time left. With a day off coming up soon and I'll just be trying to take it easy for the next couple of days so that I'm rested for the last stretch.
3 comments:
looks like you guys really got your groove on!
mom
you can make it! less than 2 weeks to go! you are almost done! think about how many miles you've already done! only about 13 days to go and you can say 'i rode my bike across america!!!'
love you and no more falls ok!
Do any of the other guys have falls, Jake? Or is it just you? I'm with your mom, though. No more! At least we weren't subjected to any injury horror pictures! I'm still recovering from Andrew's!!! Love you guys. Wish we were meeting you in D.C.
Aunt Jo Ann
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