My Cross-Country Bike Tour

From Carbondale I took a shortcut and rode a relatively flat century over the Ohio River into Sebree, Kentucky. The official route from Carbondale to Sebree would’ve had me cross the Ohio farther south and I would’ve needed to take a ferry. After remembering my run-in with the construction site near Togwotee Pass in Wyoming and the grave sacrifices I made during that pivotal moment in my journey, I considered taking the ferry out of the question. Consequently, I took the shortcut, which put me instead on a bridge over the Ohio and which kept my wheels turning under my own power the entire time.

I’m currently staying for a rest day in Sebree with Bob and Violet of the First Baptist Church, two legends of the TransAm Trail whose hospitality is so well known I’ve been hearing about it consistently from other cyclists since Kansas. I had two excellent meals with them and Violet even helped me wash my cycling clothes, which I had worn every single day for the past week. Needless to say, they were pretty rank and I was glad to be able to put on some clean underwear.