Shelbyville, KY August 10

Shelbyville, KY. Today we encountered the trifecta of difficult bicycling: heat, hills, and headwind. We passed several temperature readings on banks and such of over 100 deg! It didn't help that we got a late start this morning due to a wild scavenger hunt around Madison for mace. We eventually found some at a gun shop after almost 10 miles of searching. We then crossed the Ohio River into Kentucky. After all we've heard about it, we were expecting the worst. The only thing we have found to be true thus far is that there are hills, lots of hills, in Kentucky. We did struggle with the heat and headwind today, though. Every mile was a struggle, which is why we chose to go to Shelbyville, and not Frankfort. On the way into town we accidently took a brand new highway "Freedom's Way" that wasn't open yet. That took us to another road, which led us to what felt like a gold mine in Shelbyville: pool, showers, and campground. After dinner we took a dip in the pool and we are slowly cooling off. Tomorrow's supposed to be just as hot!