(Elizabethtow, KY -> Danville, KY)
Today, we said goodbye to Bo (our host) & Gunner (the cutest little doggie) & also the other dogs whose names I never could remember (also cute…).
We rode off to a gorgeous sunrise. This morning was one of my favorites on this trip - the golden sunlight filtered through the trees. The light breeze fluttered through my hair. The mysterious fog covered everything in a sleepy blanket. The fluffy cows and elegant horses stared at me and my mechanical contraption with curiousity. The (slightly bumpy and unkept) road lay before like a silken ribbon. Dogs of all sizes chased my bike as I desperately tried to outrun their scary yaps. Yada yada. Kentucky and I have a love/hate relationship.
I did my own day today - a self support! So I had my water stop at this nice lady’s house, my lunch stop at McDs, and my coffee stop at a book store. 10/10 would recommend. It was nice to have a day to myself. Cole ran the support team today while everyone else biked. The landscape is really changing - the hills are getting bigger and the trees/vegetation is getting denser…
When I reached Danville, I ate an incredible bagel with (whipped!) cream cheese & a smoothie. I then ventured to the town square historic site. Danville, Kentucky has the most history of any place that I’ve never heard of! Danville’s motto is "City of Firsts.” Why, you ask? Well, I’m here for the answers. It housed the FIRST courthouse in Kentucky. The FIRST Kentucky constitution was written and signed here (I’m slightly confused about this fact, because were there multiple constitutions?). It was the FIRST capital of Kentucky. It had the FIRST U.S. post office west of the Allegheny Mountains. It hosts the FIRST state-supported school for the deaf. Also the FIRST place that I personally have tried an orange creamiscle donut (can’t say that I reccomend). Pretty cool, huh? Some very Kentucky-specific firsts.
The lovely congregation we are staying at got dinner for us, so we settled around a yummy dinner of sandwiches, salads, soup (shout out to the soup fans out there @travis), and chips.
Some people (Maceo & Sean) want to get up early to bike through the sunset, while other people (me) will be sleeping. Tomorrow we really enter the Appalachians!
