The Fog Comes On Little Cat Feet

It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. Carl Sandberg   

              

This Morning's View From Our Room

May 27

Lewisport to Brandenburg, KY

50 Miles

Total Miles to Date ~ 899

"What if?" So, what if we rode US 60 the entire time? I'll tell you "what if". It would only be 17-miles between motels - that's what. When we had ridden 40-miles and reached the left turn onto State Road 259, we were only 37-miles from Owensboro, a town that we passed through 66 cycling miles ago. And so I ask you once again, "What if?" Yeah, to those of you who were not on last year's Mississippi River Ride this sounds odd. To those of us who shared that adventure, "What if?" makes us smile. According to Mapquest, Niagara Falls, NY is 1,175 miles and 18 1/2 driving hours from Mobile, AL. We will travel nearly 2,000 miles in 38 days on the back roads of this beautiful country to reach our destination - and some of us will ask "What if?" during our map meetings just to share a laugh. 

With some yoga stretches and ice my back was feeling better by morning. My knee discomfort is ongoing and off and on, but it felt good as well. We knew that the early part of the ride would be fairly flat with just a few rollers thrown in. We had one significant climb that was long and had a 19% grade in a couple of parts. It still astounds me to find myself so much stronger, but I am never strong enough to keep up with Holly. Still, we had a really nice day, riding 50 of the 91 miles on today's route. We had Patty and the van (already Mary and Judy Norris were on board) pick us up in the parking lot of a Mennonite Church at the 49.9 mile turn. On the ride to our Motel, Super 8 of Brandenburg, we passed a large group of our riders at a strawberry stand on the front lawn of a Mennonite home. What a beautiful sight, and such a contrast - our brightly colored spandex and their muted cottons, our cycling sandals and their bare feet. Patty bought strawberries for tonight's dinner. 

Fresh Picked Strawberries For Sale

FLORA AND FAUNA UPDATE:

Frogs and rabbits in the road - dead.

Daisies! I keep forget to mention the daisies that are along the road. They are BEAUTIFUL!

A goat.

A Shetland pony.

Cattle and horses.

The continued fragrance of honeysuckle.

Today we went from the fog shrouded countryside to the fog shrouded Ohio River. It was there, right over our left shoulder - but not easy to see. By the time the fog lifted there were photo-ops, but my little point-n-shoot camera decided to run out of power, my replacement batteries were safely in my luggage, and my Canon was in the van. 

We are a day's ride from Louisville (Lulville) and a rest day. Tomorrow we cross from Kentucky to Indiana to Kentucky. Margaritas for everybody!

Thanks for dropping by. Judi and Holly