More Kentucky Problems

Ben sent me a text last night saying he hated Kentucky as a state, but had met some really nice people. He was camping in the front yard of some of those nice folks. Here are some more of the issues he has faced in Kentucky.

This is the crank on his bike that broke. He was lucky to find a guy with a machine shop who helped him weld it so he could continue.

The clouds are building up for another rain storm. It is just no fun to have to ride and ride in the rain, knowing there really isn't a dry stop at the end. He was lucky enough to find another family who let him camp in their front yard. Some of these people even let him use their showers (not sure if that happened last night or not).











Apparently it has been raining so much in this area that it caused a landslide. This shot was taken right before that whole hillside just collapsed. Ben said it was crazy and he had never seen anything like it. I was hoping for a picture of the actual slide, but he said he needed both hands to steer around it. And that comment just really makes Mom feel sooo much better. All I could think about was that horrible landslide in Washington that wiped out an entire community.









He should be approaching Virginia soon. This is the map of that part of his route, then he heads north.

On the map below, he comes in on the orange line, then heads north on the yellow.  I do not know his timeline, because HE does not know his timeline.