There was a nice chill in the air and our goal today was to make it in before the rain approached. We didn't have many turns to take. The front half of this mileage was mostly flat and along farm fields. In several of the open fields we could see a number of the popular red barns and we were also greeted with some head wind. Even though the terrain was fairly flat here...the wind does take a toll on you while pressing forward. Forward is still momentum...so we pressed on. By now we had two distinct paces going....Kearney, John, Milligan and Melissa were making impressive time. I pressed on with Amy (THANK YOU for hanging with me) as I was not feeling as well recovered as I had been on previous days and my pace was lagging a bit.
As we turned onto Peach Rd Milligan found his future retirement home in shambles..... haha... It really looked like a white trailer that might have been used to make Meth in at some point.... not picture worthy.
As we crossed SR 23 on Peach I stopped to take a picture of this sign... Syd..here ya go girl!
Upon turning onto Kern road... we noticed some really awesome looking hens and unique roosters hanging out in someones yard. They were having a great time eating their breakfast. If you take a look at a zoomed in view of the course you'll see roads that we passed such as Strawberry, above mentioned Peach, Peppermint and Orange. I'm curious as to the history of the street names in this area. We also passed a really cool turn of the century cemetery as well. Found some headstones with births in the late 1800's.... I would have taken a picture except I thought it would be rude. They were all in fairly good shape and still able to be read which was really neat. After this Kern road will now be referred to as Killer Kern Rd as we started up long steady hills with short decline. The only positive by now was the wind was barely noticeable. So for about 2 miles we spent most of the time climbing a hill. Nearing the end of our mileage for the day Amy and I spotted an Indiana iconic site- basketball hoop on a barn. Because we were short on time we didn't play a whole game of HORSE- so we played PAFF-haha. I won!
A few minutes behind the front group when Amy and I arrived back at Comfort Suites we were greeted by them and the very friendly staff working here. We even got one of them to take a few photos of us in the lobby. As we wandered back out to go retrieve the vehicles at the starting point it was drizzling. We had beaten the rain! What a great feeling.
We are halfway in and we are still moving pretty well. No injuries to mention and no blisters or chaffing.
As we turned onto Peach Rd Milligan found his future retirement home in shambles..... haha... It really looked like a white trailer that might have been used to make Meth in at some point.... not picture worthy.
As we crossed SR 23 on Peach I stopped to take a picture of this sign... Syd..here ya go girl!
Upon turning onto Kern road... we noticed some really awesome looking hens and unique roosters hanging out in someones yard. They were having a great time eating their breakfast. If you take a look at a zoomed in view of the course you'll see roads that we passed such as Strawberry, above mentioned Peach, Peppermint and Orange. I'm curious as to the history of the street names in this area. We also passed a really cool turn of the century cemetery as well. Found some headstones with births in the late 1800's.... I would have taken a picture except I thought it would be rude. They were all in fairly good shape and still able to be read which was really neat. After this Kern road will now be referred to as Killer Kern Rd as we started up long steady hills with short decline. The only positive by now was the wind was barely noticeable. So for about 2 miles we spent most of the time climbing a hill. Nearing the end of our mileage for the day Amy and I spotted an Indiana iconic site- basketball hoop on a barn. Because we were short on time we didn't play a whole game of HORSE- so we played PAFF-haha. I won!
A few minutes behind the front group when Amy and I arrived back at Comfort Suites we were greeted by them and the very friendly staff working here. We even got one of them to take a few photos of us in the lobby. As we wandered back out to go retrieve the vehicles at the starting point it was drizzling. We had beaten the rain! What a great feeling.
We are halfway in and we are still moving pretty well. No injuries to mention and no blisters or chaffing.
We are still in the 219 in spirit at least.
Heading off to dinner and a giant bowl of well earned pasta..... check back with you all tomorrow!!!!
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