Well about 10:30am Andy rolled in... he rode back from Paducah Kentucky with two new derailleur hangers for April's bike. He has literally saved the day! Well done Andy!!! A supreme effort, and a personal test passed on his part have left him glowing a bit.
After inspecting the bike, its became pretty obvious that April's crash yesterday was the cause of the damage, severely distorting and snapping the hanger, and throwing the wheel way out of true. I've trued it as best as I can, but we'll need to stop in at a shop and have it properly trued.
Its 11:30am and we're ready to head out. Andy is having a bite to eat and then a rest, and will catch up with us a bit later in the day... I'm sure that won't be a problem for him. Tonight we'll hopefully be in Charleston, Missouri. Right now we need to ride across the state of Kentucky to Hickman and the ferry.
9pm, Charleston, Missouri
We made it to the ferry, and what cool experience that is! We paid $2.00 each for a ride across the Mississippi river. We gave Steve the ferry captain his "hello" from the librarians in Dyersburg. He was surprised and delighted!
Today turned into a looong day, especially so since we rode into a headwind all day. We stopped to rest during the worst of the heat right on the side of the road under the one shade tree we could find before highway 80. Back in the saddle it was a grind, but we pushed slowly ahead. I discovered a slow leak in my rear tire... yeah! And had to stop to pump it up occassionally. On one occassion Andy and I were charged by two very aggressive dogs, and I was forced to spray one with "Halt" repellent... man does that stuff work! The dog stopped instantly and began rubbing his face in the dirt... the other dog took the hint and stopped as well. April's bike performed very well, and should be fine for a while. I'm going to work on the truing rim a bit more tomorrow.
We all agreed (even Andy!) that we need a day off, so tomorrow we get to sleep in and relax. By the way, a BIG shout out to Dave Sears, of the Ski and Bike shop of Grand Forks, ND who helped us so much with information, parts numbers and store locations, and encouragement--THANKS DAVE!!!
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