Weather was excellent for riding today, cool and cloudy, with only a little easterly breeze.
Five miles out of Berea we passed through the aptly named town of Big Hill. Outside of the town we climbed steadily for three miles, gaining about 700'. It was the first long hill we've seen since the Rockies. The rest of the 50 mile day was up and down hills, longer than we've been seeing recently, but only a few of them were steeper than 8-9%. The roads wound through small, sharp mountains; we're in Appalachia for real now.
Our accommodations are at Linda's Victorian B&B, a country house a couple of miles west of Booneville, where there is nowhere to stay. Our hostess gave Sandy a lift into town to pick up a takeout dinner.
We saw one westbound touring rider the day before yesterday, and we're guessing he'll be the last we see; it would be too late in the season for a cross-country rider not to be farther along.
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