We all slept like babies at the Union Mission. We were up crying every hour. The trains made noises I never heard before. A group of us who decided to ride the trail over the mountain through the Cumberland Gap left before breakfast so we could get an early start on a 90 mile day. The ride over the mountain had spectacular green patchwork vistas and 4 tunnels, including the Big Savage tunnel. The climb was 23 miles on a grade of about 3-6 %. They took a picture of us before we left just in case they had send in a rescue team.
Today we met Paul from Cologne, Germany. He came to the U.S. to meet a doctor at the Cleveland Clinic who is doing research on forced exercise to treat Parkinson's disease. He has found that by putting a Parkinson's patient on the back of a tandem bicycle and riding at a cadence of 80-90 for 25 miles, the natural chemicals released in the brain reduce the symptoms of the disease by 30% for up to two weeks. Paul was going to meet the doctor and ride with him in the Ragbray ride across Iowa to raise money for further research. Go to http://www.pedalingforparkensons/ for more information.
The mystery of the blue gunk that kept appearing on Ken's leg (see photo from yesterday's blog) was solved today. It turns out that apparently the bike shop where he got his bike tuned up, put blue slime (a flat tire sealant) in his tire. The tire got punctured and flinging out the gunk with every rotation. Never use this stuff. It adds weight to your wheels and doesn't work anyway.
Got to Connelsville ready for showers after a pretty good climb from the river up to the YMCA. The showers weren't quite ready for us because no one told the custodian we were coming. But we won him over and the showers were great.
Staying at Christ UMC. No trains. Ready for a good night's rest.
Happy Trails In Christ,
Don
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What a wonderful tour! Thank you Don and all the crew, sponsors, and prayer warriors for making a difference for Sam's House!
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