Day 66, August 4: Elizabethtown, IL to Grand Rivers KY. Distance 65 miles. Sunny and high in the 90s

Another 5:00 AM alarm to get wheels up by 5:30 AM. Our ride begins by cycling about 10 miles to catch a ferry across the Ohio taking us to Kentucky. In Kentucky we are greeted by canopied roads with low traffic and modest rolling hills. We expected to find services in Carrsville about 30 miles from the start but found only a small town with a Coke machine. Our breakfast was delayed for 50 miles when we found the Levee Restaurant open in Smithland. Our arrival time in Smithland was about 9:45 AM and breakfast was finally served. We arrived in Grand Rivers before noon and found our rooms waiting for us. Later in the afternoon, Ron and I stopped at a health clinic in town to weigh ourselves and were told that the heat index in town was 110. Thank goodness we arrived early. By the way, when I started the ride in Oregon I was 217 lbs, today I was 204 lbs. In the evening we had dinner at Patti’s 1800s Restaurant. Today was another splendid day for cycling.

Day 66, August 4: Elizabethtown, IL to Grand Rivers KY. Distance 65 miles. Sunny and high in the 90s