Photos: Paul's trip ending broken trailer frame in Henderson, KY. Time to call home for a ride! Paul and Tom's last picture together, just south of Henderson, KY. Sonny pedaling his hand bicycle from Yorktown to Seattle.
Tom and I were up fairly early, and we headed toward Sebree on Rt. 65. We met Sonny Neumiller, a biker from Sweattle WA, who is a paraplegic. He was pedaling his hand bicycle, his camping gear, and his wheel chair in a trailer, and by this time, he was more than ½ way to his goal of Seattle, WA. You can read about Sonny at: WWW.crazyguyonabike.com/handcycle WHAT A GUY!!!!
Where 65 joins Rt. 41 alternate, I spotted a sign, “John Joseph Audubon State Park 23 miles” Audubon park is in Henderson, KY. I had heard about this park before, and I wanted to visit it, so I decided that it would be much easier for everyone if I headed north rather than to continue on to Berea as planned. Tom saw the logic in this, but was rather emotional to see us split up because we had been together for more than a month and a half. Tom was determined to continue on to Yorktown.
I turned north toward Henderson, and called Linda who offered to pick me up at Audubon park the next day. Unfortunately, when I reached Henderson, I noticed that one of the frame members on my bike trailer had broken. I felt that this had weakened the Nashbar trailer to the point that if I continued, I would have put myself, and others in danger of a major failure. So, at this point, I decided it was time to end my journey. I walked into the nearby McDonald’s restaurant where I remained for 5 hours, eating, and updating my journal.
My distance today: 31.89 miles, total ride time, 2 hours and 37 minutes, average speed 12.1 miles, and total miles overall 2,890.12, just 110 miles short of 3,000, but who’s counting?
What happened next?.. Why has this blog stopped being written into so suddenly?
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