Day Off! and welcome to Indiana

Sunday was our first day off, and we spent it exploring Louisville, Kentucky. After getting up at 10 am (!), eating breakfast, and cleaning our bikes, we set out for Churchill Downs, the site of the Kentucky Derby. After a few wrong directions, we finally arrived, and were surprised to find out that there were horse races going on. With some convincing, we were able to get in for free, and some of us even placed bets. Then we visited the gift shop and headed back to the host site. We stopped at McDonald's on the way back and realized that it was about ready to pour, so we biked as fast as we could back to the host site. About 30 seconds after we got in the doors, it started pouring! We were happy to have gotten in before the storm, especially because we spent all morning cleaning our bikes. We watched a movie and had some pasta, and then a few of us went out to get some ice cream. It was a great day off - fun to bike around and explore Louisville, even though we did end up biking 27 miles... but it was worth it to see the sights.

This morning we entered Indiana! We were pleasantly surprised when there were no thunderstorms and (almost) no hills! We were on a straight, flat road for a while and were able to practice riding with no hands and a little pace lining to combat the headwinds. Everything went smoothly until about mile 60, when we turned off the main road. We were intrigued by the lack of street signs, but a man told us that they had been replacing stolen street signs for a long time and had finally given up. Not great for us, but we had fun exploring. I and 5 others were in the first group today, so we were responsible for making chalk arrows to help the others figure out where to go, and I think we talked to more people today than I have on any other day. But some of them didn't even know which street they were on, even though they lived there! We couldn't believe it. But we made it to the church around 2:45 and found a beautiful building with showers, a ping pong table, couches, and TVs! I'm about to go watch Jurassic Park (for the first time...)