This morning we woke up at 4:00, prepared for a long day and an hour lost due to the time change. We grabbed some breakfast at the Best Western Plus in Bowling Green, pumped up the tires, and set off. We had devised a way that we didn’t have to go all the way through Bowling Green by taking some country roads to cut off some time. In the end, the route saved us about 2 miles, which was definitely worth it. There were gently rolling hills along the country roads, and by the time we hit our 20 mile break, we were feeling great. After another 20 into Glasgow, Kentucky- we took another break and grabbed some bagels to snack on. Outside of Glasgow, we met up with Highway 90, which we would take all the way into Monticello this afternoon. We hit our 60 mile break around 11:30 Central Time, and then the time zone changed shortly thereafter. The beautiful scenery more than made up for the hills that we had to climb to reach Burkesville… until about 75 miles in. There was a MONSTER hill that was about a mile long- and one of the steepest hills we’d encountered on this trip so far. However, this didn’t even phase the seasoned bicyclists as they attacked the pass. We took our 80 mile break with some Subway sandwiches for lunch. We were about 26 miles from Monticello, so we decided to go another 20 and then take a short last leg. So we stopped really quickly at 100 for a quick drink and then took it into Monticello and the Monticello Motel.
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