Today was another day of adventures. A lot of climbing and a lot of descending. The weather is pretty typical with threats of storms and plenty of blue skies. The dogs were out and it seems like we were being chased every few miles. These were not dogs that wanted to run along side of us but dogs that wanted to bite our panniers or ankles. My air horn worked well in that it would stop or startle the dogs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today was also a day of my first flat tire. Someplace on an uphill I picked up a carpet nail that punctured the tire. Better to get it on the uphill and not the downhill. After the flat was fixed I was riding angrily. Meaning I was pushing up the hills faster than ever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we got to Hindman we went to a church for the night. The church was in downtown Hindman but there were no grocery stores in town. Therefore I headed back out of town to the grocery store for supplies. Also staying at the church were Amy and Woody, two people from Pittsburgh, PA. They were a little disgruntled because of the bike problems they were incurring which were mainly flat tires and a hanging derailleur. It was another early night<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Todays\u2019 stats: total mileage 62.18 miles, average speed 10.9 mph, elevation gain 4331 feet, elevation descent 4134 feet, and max speed 36.9 feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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