SOOOOOOooOo, I am in Birmingham already. If you are watching the schedule at all I wasn't supposed to be here till tomorrow. Here is the deal: I road to Cullman AL to scope out the couch I would be staying on there. I arrived to the house just fine and the guy was at work but had left the house unlocked for me. I went in took a shower and made some phone calls and put on dry clothes. (it rained this morning during my ride, not a plesent esperience) I have been blessed with great weather so far so I guess I can't complain. WOW, lots of rambling!

Anyway, the guys house in Cullman was kinda scaryish. Alyse came and picked me up so I didn't have to stay there for too long.

I didn't get to take any new pics today do to the rain, so here are some old ones.

Decatur!

I had a great short ride to Decatur today. Not many large hills at all, one huge bridge (pictured below). I for real thought I was gonna die on this bridge. My seat was higher than the cement guard... SCARY anyway, I don't have much else to say for today, but quite a bit pics today. Enjoy.

Huntsville hills?

I didn't see any hills. :-)

I had a great/beautiful ride today! There was a very large hill just outside of Shelbyville, but it was a fun challenge. I stopped in Fayetteville for lunch, and after that it was mostly flat till I got into Huntsville. In Huntsville the hills weren't too bad.

Here is a pic of me crossing into Alabama. I really love reading everyone's comments so keep them coming! Miss and love everyone!!

Also here is a pic of my good friend Dan and I!

hmmm... ok

I ended up buying the knee brace that Dr. Burch prescribed. I got it in Nashville for $100. I was pretty pumped. After wearing it for about 20 minutes and adjusting it a bunch, it hurt my knee more than not wearing anything at all.

So I road today without and my knee felt really good so I dunno what is going on... oh well!


Food for thought:

"But you say, 'How have we despised Your name?'" -Malachi 1:6

So, here is the pic I took as I entered the great state of Tennessee! Notice the awesome awkwardness of my hands! I love it. I hope you all enjoy.... One more post to come!

Bring the pain.

On my short trip form Glasgow to Bowling Green I started to have some slight pain in my left knee. I didn't think much of it but decided to go talk to Dr. Burch anyway. He diagnosed me and told me several treatment options. One of which was to get a knee brace to push my knee cap over a bit and relieve some pressure.

Well, I did everything he suggested expect buy the knee brace which was a hefty $160.00. So I started my trip to Nashville sans knee brace. The trip from Bowling Green to Nashville took me 63.5 miles and 4 hours 50 minutes. Average speed about 12.8mph and average pain about 7.5 out of 10! It was nearly unbearable. I did a lot of standing up and killed the hills so it was a lot of fun other than the pain. J

Nashville was great; I got to stay with Byron Fanning. We had a great talk about spiritual things, and some great burgers. I will hopefully get to visit with him again sometime soon.

No pics for this entry yet, I don’t have my camera with me at present. J

Made it to Bowling Green in about 3 hours today. It was a great ride, I had most of the rode to myself all day. I took a pic of a nearly dried up pond that I thought looked interesting. The family I stayed with last night was wonderful! I really enjoyed getting to know them and playing with their kids for a bit this morning before I left. Tomorrow I get a rest day so I might not post, but we'll just have to wait and see. I got tired of my speedometer/odometer not working all of the time so when I got into town I headed to Howard's bike shop for a new one and a quick (free) tune-up. Anyway, I miss everyone a lot. Call me sometime!! :-)