Today we decided to get up even earlier so that we could miss out on the hot, stormy weather that is predicted to come in the early afternoon, and we got ready to leave at 5:00. To the pain of the boys, that meant setting our alarms for 4:00. After getting up, we had a few bike issues… Matthew had a flat and all of the bike chains were rusty from yesterday’s storm. So we fixed up the bikes and were on the road around 5:45 towards Hopkinsville. We busted out a 13.5 mph average on Highway 68 and made it 40 miles around 9:00 in Hopkinsville. I called around for hotels- and found a really good steal with a Best Western Plus with and indoor pool/exercise room for 72.99! J We made a reservation and set out towards Bowling Green. We had a thick cloud cover all morning, but then around 10:00 the clouds opened up and it began to rain. Not as hard as yesterday- but the road still got thoroughly soaked. But we pushed through down the Highway where we had our 60 miles break, and then made it to Russellville, where I picked up some sandwiches for them to eat at their 80 miles break. It was about 12:30 when we stopped for our lunch break just outside of Russellville, Kentucky. After we were done, we headed back up Highway 58 and took the 242 cutoff to get to the east side of Bowling Green and take the highway up to our hotel. However, we took a wrong turn and we ended up taking a really weird route to the hotel… but we finally got there. The hotel was amazing- huge pool, exercise room, and laundry facilities. AND it was attached to a Denny’s where we grabbed dinner! Awesome hotel! J
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