Utica to Hudson, Ky. - July 31

This morning before leaving, we noticed that my back tire is quite worn, alarmingly so. It made it through a 70-mile day, but we decided to take a slight detour tomorrow to go to a bike shop in Elizabethtown, about 20 miles away up Route 62 so I can get a new one.

As it turns out, the detour will actually save us some miles and we'll return to the route at Bardstown.

The ride today got slightly hillier later on, and without any clouds, it started to get warm. We crossed into the Eastern time zone just before we arrived at the Double L Grocery store, where we understand bicyclists can camp. The owner isn't here just yet, so we've been sitting inside, watching Olympic water polo, rowing and beach volleyball.

Tomorrow, we may ride a bit beyond Bardstown, setting us up to get to Berea on Friday.

The infamous "Kentucky Dogs" have been a real disappointment so far: we didn't get chased at all, so no pics or videos of that.