Day 6

Today was about the best weather day we have had. Steven and I took it easy this morning and did not ride until lunch. This day was 128 miles of riding and that meant 8+ hours on the bike. I knew that it would be best for us to start a bit later so that we did not hold up the other cyclist. They need to keep things fast to finish at a reasonable time tonight as it was we did not arrive at Kentucky Dam Village until around 7:30. We tend to be a bit slower. It was much easier to keep up later in the day when they were tired and we were fresh.

Several times through this ride I have had some incredible food. Like today I had a really good banana shake at the Island Dairy Freeze. I wonder if maybe it all tastes so good because by the time I get there I am really hungry.

Steven and I had a really nice ride. Steven and my favorite part was was crossing the bridges and damn at Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake right as the sun was low in the sky. It would have made a great picture.

We had lunch at Wendy's today. That made Steven's day. Its his favorite fast food. We met our Face's of MS person, Debbie McCracken and her husband at lunch. She told us about her struggles. It is just heart wrenching to hear the difficulty's that people are facing with MS. Right now she is doing OK with MS but at times she can't even hold her grand-babies. I can't imagine not being able to hold or hug my kids.

The road is filled with obstacles for us from dogs to flat tires. Kent Lee struggled a bit yesterday with flats. He discovered he had a bur on his rim that caused him to have a few flat tires until he found it.