This morning when we awoke the skies were overcast with low cloud cover. We needed to wait until the fog lifted before we took off. It was another day of ups and downs and missing storms. There were numerous uphills and downhills. In some places the grades were over 10 percent with 5 large climbs. The temperatures were also hot and humid and in the 80s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We pulled into Buckhorn, KY it was around 5 and raining. The question was to either get a campsite in the Corps of Engineer\u2019s campground or continue onto Booneville. We kept on going and encountered a thunderstorm which made us pull off the road for a few minutes until the lightening stopped. When we got to Booneville we pulled into the cyclists hostel, at a church, identified by Adventure Cycling and found that it was no longer a viable site. The porta-johns were removed as were the showers. With no apparent choices to stay we did start to unpack but two others stopped at the Dollar General store and were told that the church was closed and was being turned into a rehab center. The others were invited to stay at another church that was receiving cyclists and we joined them. This church was located in the downtown area and nice showers and a great kitchen. It worked out well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s stats: total mileage 67.1, average speed 10.6 mph, elevation gain 4573 feet, elevation descent 4898 feet, maximum speed 36.5 mph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning when we awoke the skies were overcast with low cloud cover. We needed to wait until the fog lifted before we took off. It was another day of ups and downs and missing storms. There were numerous uphills and downhills. In some places the grades were over 10 percent with 5 large climbs. … <\/p>\n

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