Fijis Across America

Day 33

Today’s ride ended up well but the first 50 miles really seemed to drag on.  Before we reached our first water fill up spot, I was already having some issues.  My chain had fallen off a couple times, the kleat of my shoe got loose so Wade had to undue my Velcro shoes to get me off my bike, and I had a flat back tire.  I was feeling a little down and out as I was walking my bike to the stop but then I remembered something.  We are to consider it pure joy when we face trials of many kinds, because the testing of our faith leads to perseverance.  I know that when I finally reach the Atlantic Ocean I will truly feel the joy of my victory because of the sacrifices that I experienced along the way.

Along the road today there were some interesting things.  I have still yet to see a living armadillo in Missouri or Illinois but have seen almost 1,000 dead ones.  We also had some interesting encounters with dogs today.  There was a blood hound that followed Tyler and Wade for almost 3 miles.  He wasn’t mad he just wanted to run with them.  He even chilled out with us some at the rest stop toward the end of the day.

We ended the day in Elizabethtown, IL which is in Hardin County, so it is basically the same as Elizabethtown, KY.  There was not much going on in the town but we did drive by a local softball game that was pretty packed.  While it looked like a lot of fun we were looking for a place to eat, which was hard to find on the night of the game.  But, we found a local diner called Lucy’s diner.  It was pure carnage as we had bacon and eggs, burgers and onion rings, and even some chocolate chip pancakes.  Truly a night to remember and we even got in their picture scrapbook of famous people that eat there and will be in the local paper.

Truly a great day even with the rough start but we all look forward to crossing into our home state of Kentucky tomorrow and are very motivated as we near the end of our ride everyday.

In His Adventure,

Chaz Vittitow