day 57

today was a rough day for us. we awoke in the luxury of the hotel to look out the window and see it raining very hard. we've biked in the rain before so we started packing things up. we hoped it would just pass by while we went down to enjoy our continental breakfast. we ate a ton cause there was so much good stuff to choose from: waffles, eggs, sausage, cereal, toast, bagels, pastries, biscuits, fruit, yogurt. we checked out of the room and it was still raining so evan got a free shower cap at the front desk since he doesn't have a hood on his jacket and we were on our way. we got soaked and i don't think my rain jacket did anything cause i was drenched inside and out. evan had a tough time cause he went through 3 tubes today due to little pieces of glass. he had one tube left so we decided to hitchhike to the danville where there is a bike shop and eventually we got picked up and got taken to perryville which was closer to danville but still a ways away. we waited for almost an hour to get picked up again by a dad and his kid; we got to the bike shop and they were too small and they didn't have anything that would work for evan. we decided to just ride from danville to berea which was 30 miles away. as we were riding some kids in a car threw the biggest carl's jr cup full of soda at us but luckily missed evan. dogs chased us during the day as well. when we were 10 miles away from berea, evan broke a spoke so we were back on the side of the rode hitching a ride. we finally got a ride in the back of some guys truck and he took us into berea at the college where we walked down to the garden area where we were going to stay with francis, our couchsurfing host. the sun came out and thats when the day started to get better; francis made us a good dinner with vegetables all from the garden, we then got some ice cream from blondies (not the same one as utah) and evan and i shared a deep-fried twinkie. we then got a tour of berea college which is very similar in size and community as nnu. its a cool little place. we then hungout with francis' friends and just chatted; they were super cool too. just a chill night to a crazy day; we were glad to make it a memory now. francis went to go house sit that night and we crashed at her place.