yesterday was a great day for rest! however, we got home and saw a forecast for thunderstorms today. we decided to stay in lexington for an extra day, given some other factors:
1) we're ahead of schedule due to the two rides we picked up
2) there's a show tonight at the house we're staying in
3) we don't have much sightseeing until we get to chattanooga in 6-7 days
as soon as we finish copying our route for the upcoming week, it begins to pour outside. we wait for the rain to die before heading out. when we do go out, there are big puddles inside our tent and the sleeping bags are wet. talk about discomfort! kyle slept on the very edge of the tent and i slept about a foot away. it was quite uncomfortable sleeping on a wet sleeping bag with puddles of water surrounding you on the tent floor. i woke up around 7 30 and walked around town for a few. i picked up a paper looking for a crossword puzzle, but it happened to be a wall st journal. yuck! it had tips on how to fold your clothes so that your closet would look like a retail environment. ew! yes, i would love to wake up in the morning and step into my closet, which looks and feels just like the local kohl's. anyways, ate some of our starbucks pastries (yum!) and read a bit. we just walked to the library again (thus the blogging), and we are soon going to go to the bike shop for chain lube and a spoke wrench, a used bookstore, a coffee shop, and potentially an art center. we may unfortunately buy food today, given that rain means soggy dumpster goodies and all the restaurants have heard our poor bike riders on a long trip sob story. oh well! tomorrow we're hoping to hit the rode early and put in 40-50 (maybe more? id love it!) miles a day until we get to chattanooga. a bientot..
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Hi Josh, Don here (the guy who sold you the bike). I see u r wearing the shoes, have you fallen over yet? Took me about 3 falls to figure it out. I also see you put the fenders on, they do help.
I am really glad to see your progress. Take your time and take the safe routes. You may never do this again so make it last. R u ridding back to Ohio too?
Ride On Dude !!!
Have you seen those gas prices??? Nevermind...........
hola Joshua, estoy en sabadell y te envio abrazos muy fuertes, que te vaya bien. todos me estan preguntando por ti en emaus, les digo que estas haciendo un viaje esupendo, lastima que no pudieras venir aqui este ano. Espero que nos veamos un dia, por que no en Africa? besos
Agnieszka
hola Joshua, estoy en sabadell y te envio abrazos muy fuertes, que te vaya bien. todos me estan preguntando por ti en emaus, les digo que estas haciendo un viaje esupendo, lastima que no pudieras venir aqui este ano. Espero que nos veamos un dia, por que no en Africa? besos
Agnieszka
josh! i loved reading about your adventure so far! everyone you've encountered has been so caring, aren't people beautiful? :) be safe and keep up the good work, keep us posted!
eeeeek. you guys haven't updated in a while. i'm getting nervous.
checked out the pics and read the rest of the blog. dude, i'm impressed. that's a lot of free food and good hospitality! how many miles is that odometer reading now? i hope the rest of the trip is going all right...been a while since you guys have posted. good luck!
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