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Another day in the hills of Kentucky. The morning started off disturbing as we overheard from the motel room next to us, alternating loud smacks or spanks, followed by moans. Luckily we did not notice this until we were clearing out off the room at around 7:30 am. We had difficulty containing our laughter despite our groggy state. I guess that’s one way to start a Sunday morning. We decided to start our morning with an all you can eat breakfast buffet. Non stop tender biscuits is a beautiful thing. <\/p>\n
Our goal today was Berea about 92 miles and countless hills away. The roads in Kentucky aren’t great. The hills offer limited sight lines and there are no shoulders. Even though there isn’t much traffic, what traffic there is has difficulty passing us because of the limited sight lines. They usually have to wait until there is a short straight away long enough to see if there is any oncoming traffic, so they can cross the center line. For the most part everyone has been considerate, and only occasionally do we get cars\/trucks cutting it a little close.<\/p>\n
Other than more tobacco fields and regal horses, one of the hilights of our hilly rides through Kentucky are the loose dogs. There are hundreds of accounts by cyclists of the mad dogs of Kentucky. One pair of riders we passed heading West claimed they has 66 dog encounters passing through Kentucky. In preparation for our Kentucky passage we purchased a can of Halt dog mace. We don’t expect to use it, but just in case an encounter gets out of control we’ll be prepared. We’ve only had a couple close calls so far. Most loose dogs haven’t strayed too far beyond the end of their driveway. Several have been discouraged by oncoming traffic. On one occasion the owner came out and settled their dogs down. The few close calls amounted to snarling dogs coming within a few inches of my ankles and chasing us 50-100 feet down the road. Usually we try to calm them down by slowing down and talking to them. So far Halt firepower hasn’t been necessary.<\/p>\n
One of the points of interest we passed along the way a replica of the Lincoln homstead where Abraham Lincoln’s father was raised. We reached the outskirts of Berea at around 6:30 after 93 miles of Kentucky hills. We were beat and didn’t have much time to hunt for a campsite so we opted for a motel again. Hopefully our neighbors aren’t spankers this time. Much to my disappointment Berea is a dry town. No cold beer for me tonight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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