We have arrived in Winchester, KY!

Entry from: Thursday July 23rd 2009 Winchester, KY

We made the front page in Springfield!

Today we left Springfield, Kentucky headed to Winchester, Kentucky.  We started the morning saying goodbye to Mr. Steve Hale, and taking a few last pictures at the courthouse in Springfield before we hit the road.  Today’s adventure was supposed to be 81 miles, but Kyle and Susan took a wrong turn and were over achievers and ended up with a 100 miles.  

Michael at a bridge

The land we went through today was very beautiful, but at the same time there were some tough climbs.  We rode by so many dogs today, and Esther stopped by everyone to make sure she didn’t get bitten again.  

Robbie, Helen & Precious at The Tradin Post

Today we lucked up and found a wonderful rest stop at The Tradin Post, which was about our halfway point.  Helen, Robbie, and their dog Precious welcomed us into their store for a bathroom break.  After we made it halfway, the ride seemed to go by a lot faster.  Michael , Krystal, and I were riding together, and as we were going through the town of Nicholasville, Ryan and Megan passed us going the opposite direction.  We all meet up and finally realized that Ryan and Megan had taken the by pass, and they had turned back into town instead of coming through town the first time like they were supposed to.  We all headed in the right directions and meet up with the rest of the group.  

JC the wonderful cook

We all finally made it to Central Baptist Church in Winchester, where we will be staying tonight and tomorrow night.  For dinner, we went to a local grocery store.  JC and Aud cooked a nice roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy dinner.  The local Salvation Army paid for our dinner.  We thought we were going to get to meet Jared Fogle, the subway guy, but he had already left to catch his plane by the time we made it.  

We missed Jared!

written by: Kristina Farrow

photos by: Esther Hyejin Chung