Changing Gears: Rey's Ride Across America

July 18th — Sonora, KY to Burgin, KY — 101 miles Today the big heat returned to the mid 90s, and the humidity is in full swing. The hills in central Kentucky are rolling, but the grades are not that bad. Nothing is flat here so it is a constant up and down all day through rural neighborhoods with large fields. This morning I rode by Abraham Lincoln's birthplace in Hodgenville, KY. What was once believed to be the original cabin President Lincoln was born in was put inside a memorial building. Only years later was it found out that the cabin on display was not the original cabin but a replica that was built in the 1840s (much later than Lincoln's birth in 1809). We also rode by his boyhood home about 10 miles down the road. It was a small cabin just like the one he was born in. It was a good day today: sunny, no clouds and light winds. 7 hours on the bike today.