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Wutheringbikes Home -- TransAm Bike Ride
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Thursday July 1st 2004
Lincoln Homestead to Upton (Avery Campground). A 76 mile day. Cloudy and
humid when we set off, sun broke through and starting warming things us
seriously! Landscape now undulating, some very long stretches where you
can see for a couple of miles, or three, ahead. A few dogs, but nothing
alarming just tail wagging friendly chasers. Went past the place where the
author of 'My Old Kentucky Home' lived. Beautiful and commercialised (how
surprising!). Burst of rain forced us off road for a while - so heavy you
could hardly see where you were going. Guy got a bit sleepy and had to snooze
in a field - sleeping at the Lincoln Homestead in high humidity had not
been easy. I (Steve) got a flat tyre near the end of the day, and had a
slow ride into Upton (a little off the main route). The campsite was charming,
if very popular with mosquitos. The price was only a few dollars, and the
lady running the campsite said how much she enjoyed the flow of transAm
cyclists going through. There was hardly anyone about at the campsite, which
made the fact that the male toilets and showers were all in one room, with
shower curtains partially hiding them from each other, less of a potential
embarrassment than it might have been. Once again, the campsite was very
near a railway line and the night's sleep was interspersed with sudden clangings
and whistles. This 'casey-jones' experience is wearing a little thin! |
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