100 Miles

We got our motorhome back last night and drove on toward our charted riding course, staying overnight in a Walmart parking lot. With the 33 miles we rode today, our total is now at 100 miles!! We got a late start, but all went well today. David dropped us off at the starting point at 10:30. All the roads were smooth and fairly flat, even downhill, with just a few rolling hills that were easy to conquor. The weather was overcast and breezy - perfect! We rolled into the rv park at 2:30. We are now at Mammoth Caves National Park, KY. Mel is pretty worn out, so we're taking tomorrow off. There is a bike trail just 1/2 mile back that I may go check out.
G'nite friends!

37 mile day

We left in the fairly cool, calm morning at 7am & finished 37 miles by 11:30. We traveled thru backwoods KY, had a few dogs come running at us. It was a beautiful morning...the sun stayed hidden most of the morning, so the ride was a bit easier, though it is very, very humid. Zak's quote from bootcamp: "I'm sweating standing still!" is very much like it is here! There were a couple hills we just didn't have the energy to climb, so we ended up walking 'em. Overall, it was a very good ride today. We are now on our way to pick up the motorhome from AAMCO, then head to another riding spot.
'Til tomorrow....

We Ride!

Well, we were able to get in 30 miles today. The ride was good, but we had a headwind to struggle with for at least 20 of those miles. But I'm not complaining too much, as it was so hot, we were happy for the wind. We saw lots of barns, horses, & many, many people sitting on their porches waving to us. The drivers here are much better at "sharing the road" then the drivers in Cali. For the most part, they would move way over away from us as they passed by. Many of the barns either had a mural or a quilt painted on the side. No one seems to know what the quilt thing is about, but we never saw a duplicate. It is beautiful here with the green trees and rolling hills, but believe me, the heat is stiffling!!
After riding we took the dogs to the lake, but couldn't find an access point to be able to get in the water. So then we walked a trail along a river. Max was focused on the duck in the water out in the middle where he couldn't get to it, then there was a herd of cows on the other side of the river that drove him crazy!! Snapple was following Max (like a little sister does) until the cows began mooing, then she ran to hide behind my legs.....hahahaha. It was so funny!
Hopefully I'll be able to post some pictures soon . . .
G'nite friends.

GROUNDHOG DAY

Sometimes I feel like my life is that movie Groundhog Day, where the guy lived the same day over and over and over. Today was a repeat of our first day of riding in '08, where we lost the tranny in our Yukon. So yes, we lost the tranny in our motorhome today. It took all morning and most of the afternoon to find a garage and get the motorhome there. Luckily, we were able to drive it in, but we had to leave our cycling route behind, as we had to drive 140 miles in order to find a reliable shop.
As the man was under the motorhome to access the problems, Mel & I were inside packing to throw everything into a rental vehicle. David steps into the motorhome and suddenly there was a loud "pop" and the rig began moving forward. David tries to hold the side of the rig at the open door dragging his feet shouting "brakes, brakes" as we were drifting toward a truck nicely parked in their lot. Mel grabs the dogs so they don't jump out and I dove for the brake. We stopped only 4' from the truck. The really crazy thing is, the man under the rig is the one who caused it to move as he removed the bolt from the driveline, so it didn't matter it was set in "park." He was fast enough to think to grab the frame and drag himself along with the rig, otherwise his legs would have been crushed by the back tires. Crazy, crazy, crazy. And all we wanted to do was ride bikes!!!
We are now at a friends home til the rig is ready Wed or Thur. We plan to ride around here.