On Tuesday morning, Joseph got some bad news from home, and was forced to suspend his TransAm trip temporarily and return to New York. Thus, I am once again riding alone.
Perhaps to take my mind off my newfound soltitude, or perhaps because it puts me within striking distance of Illinois today, I put in 145 miles yesterday. This is officially A Long Way. I left at 7.30am, and pulled into my destination at 8.30pm, with a 1-hour time change along the way (yes, I’m officially on Central Time now!)
That said, the terrain was pretty friendly — mostly gently rolling hills can be almost coasted over. The miles certainly flew by a lot faster than they were in the Appalachians!
I stayed the night in another Volunteer Fire Department, this time in Utica, Kentucky. Volunteer Fire Departments are great, because they invariably let you sleep inside, and have a shower. I hung out with a West-to-East-er, Josh, who had made it from Oregon to Utica in a mere 5 weeks — giving me hope that I might actually be able to finish this thing off by early August!
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