July 7
What could be better after three rough days on the road than to be whisked off in an air-conditioned car to a big meal, a real bed with sheets, and a day of rest? Not much, in our opinion. Claudia, our trail angel and gracious host, took time from her busy job as a professor at UK to drive to Berea, pick us up, and take us back to her comfortable home in Lexington. There we spent the evening and next day relaxing, recuperating, and attending to a few errands, which included getting some much needed work done on our bikes. In another stroke of good fortune, Claudia happened to know a bike mechanic, Jim, who was able to work on our bikes and get them back to us within a couple of hours. Jim did an excellent job and charged us next to nothing. Claudia’s all-inclusive deluxe package included a tour of Lexington, which is a charming small city with many stately old homes on tree-lines streets. Unfortunately, we didn’t take the camera on the tour, so can’t share Lexington’s splendor with you. The next day, Claudia drove us back to the Transam (though not back to Berea –shhhhh- we decided to skip a small 40-mile section).
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