July 15th Day 16

Elizabethtown, KY to Falls of Rough, KY

Leaving Elizabethtown, KY we were both pretty tired and Brent had a flat right off the bat.  After filling up at Wafllehouse we road out of town and ran into George on his bike and he really lifted our spirits.  George rode with us for about 15 miles and it was great to chat with him and hear about the local bike organizations.  Thanks to George for riding with us for a bit.  

Right outside of Elizabethtown, KY we got on the "Transamerica Bike Route."  The Transamerica Bike Route is a route that was established by the Adventure Cycling Association in 1976.  The route starts in Virginia and goes all the way to Oregon.  A large number of people bike it a year and it is the most established route across the country.  We will be on the Transamerica until we are west of Denver, Colorado.  The roads improved significantly once we got on on the Transamerica.  No more dodging gravel and friendly drivers used to cyclists, not only that but the scenery really stepped up a notch.  Pretty serious farm country.  

We had a good day in Falls of Rough, KY camping out.  We got there pretty early in the afternoon which was a very welcomed change.  Our average arrival time has been about 5PM, we got to Falls of Rough around 2:30PM.  We set up camp, cooked some Mac and Cheese for a late lunch, dried out our sweaty clothes in the hot hot sun.  A big storm moved in later in the afternoon, but it was a great night after that.  We played a game of horseshoes, (I killed Brent) before our instant mash potato and spaghetti dinner, which was really awesome by the way.  There was a big party/gathering around a group of RV's, playing banjo, singing, dancing and playing cornhole, pretty neat.  RV camping really is a culture in itself.  That night we were not in our tents 5 minutes when we were visited by Rocky Raccoon.  He got into one of Brent's bags and had a sample of some sport beans.  He cleared out after we sealed every last thing in our dry bags.  Overall, it was a really great ride to Falls of Rough, Kentucky. 

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