Bike Across America 3000: Day 38: A feast

65 miles. Wow. What an unbelievable day. We each had a great night of sleep in the garage. Thanks so much Sue for letting us stay there! It sounds like we were the first bikers to do so. Michael woke-up around 8 and gave Jack a call. He drove by and took Michael over to Buddy's shop, Shetler Automotive. The lock nut for the cassette was on pretty tightly. After a few whacks at it, he was able to get the nut off. Thanks again for the assistance Buddy! You're more than prepared now to start that bike shop! Jack, thank you so much for driving Michael around and making this work. It's great to meet people with big hearts in a small town! Michael put a new spoke on and trued the wheel. Back on the road towards Elizabethtown, IL where Tim was Michael met three other cyclists. Daniela, Jocelyn, and Brian. They were heading to San Fran, so we had a bit to talk about. It sounded like they had already heard our story after stopping in town. Everything travels so fast by word of mouth down here. They gave us a great tip on a church in Sebree, KY that houses cyclists. Check out their blog at www.bikingforleprosy.blogspot.com. Thanks for the tip! Meanwhile, in town, Tim had the chance to sleep in a bit and grab a bite to eat. There was this really cool restaurant on the Ohio River. By the way, the river is really dirty. The cool part about the place was the large amount of food for such a small price. Oh, and it tasted really good too. Once we met up here, we left E-Town around 1230 just after another storm had passed. We made it through today with no problems other than a few more thunderstorms. Today was really humid so it felt great to get rained on. The second we arrived in Sebree, KY someone said the church is right around the corner. Sure enough we were greeted by more members of the First Baptist Church. In particular, Bob and Violet Hardison. Violet had Kalli show us around and said dinner's almost ready. We quickly showered and a half hour later were sitting down at a table with two other bikers eating a home cooked meal. Never in our wildest dreams would we have thought this would happen. Smoked turkey, home made stuffing, encrusted onions, tomatoes, lemonade, salad, and rolls (which she apologized for because they had been frozen) were all set before us. It was delicious, to say the least. Much better than combos from a gas station. They even had dessert. "Sorry guys, all I have is ice cream and brownies." Hopefully she didn't think we'd be mad. Scrumptious, all of it. The company of Jim and Gary, two cyclists going the other direction, as well as Violet's stories made the evening unimaginable. Thank you so much from the depths of our hearts and stomachs!