KGlaze Week 2: We in Kentucky!

Ayyyy. Right now we are near Danville, Kentucky at the beautiful home of one of Michael's many family members. We're gonna be taking our second rest day tomorrow laying out at his family's lake house. Still blown away by the hospitality and kindness we've seen on this tour. Big shoutouts to Dr. Lee, Uncle Dave, and Miss Maya for hosting us this past week and allowing us to be in your homes, share stories of the trail, and to gorge on your food.

It's day 17 and we've biked over 800 miles. I have a righteous bike tan but no six pack yet. Since my last post, we took our first rest day in Damascus, Virginia and met up with some super great friends of ours that were awesome enough to come visit and frolic in a river with us. We've left Virginia, the pillaging climbs of the Appalachians, and the surreal barrenness of eastern Kentucky. Eastern Kentucky was really something. We traveled through some of the poorest counties in the country and it was really something to see how much of the land seemed completely forgotten; I've never seen so much trash on the sides of roads, in people's front yards, and I've never seen so much abandoned, run-down property in general.

I tried to read the Bible for the first time! But failed. Too tired each time I tried to read. Maybe one day.

It's really cool to see the scenery start to gradually change as the big climbs of the Appalachians have been replaced by rolling hills and farmland. It's dope to see so many cows! (SkiM) Really getting excited to start seeing some brand new territory for me once we get further into Kentucky. So far, as beautiful as it has been, I've been pretty familiar with the views since I spent so much time in North Carolina/Virginia area growing up. Can't wait to see all the new! So glad our route takes us through the middle part of the country and not through any big towns.

Random thoughts and things:
-No dog bites yet but have been chased by about a dozen loose dogs in Kentucky.
-Didn't have service for four days and it was awesome. Once I got it back, I really didn't know what to     do with it.
-Berea, Kentucky is a dope town.
-Watched the news this morning for the first time of the tour. Don't miss it.
-Thought I would have more inspiration at this point for songwriting-y/writing things. Haven't really had any desire to listen to music at all really except to distract me from a couple of hills.
-Days are really starting to blur together. Don't really know what day of the week it is anymore!
-Starting to miss some people in my life/wishing I could share this experience with more of the people I love. It's funny who stays on your mind once you're away from "real life."

LOVING IT! Wish I could post pictures but my phone is currently in a bowl of rice! Thanks to the monsoon we biked through today.

Love
Kody