Day 41: Change of plans

142 miles. So as we were sitting in Little Caesars last night we began to wonder why we still had 800 miles left. We only have 150 to go in Kentucky and Virginia couldn't be 650 miles long, right? So we played around with google maps and found some short cuts that may save us a few miles. Hopefully the new route won't be too hilly or unpaved, but we're up for any surprises. Well, we got what we asked for today. About halfway through the day we noticed another large storm approaching. So we pulled off at the next gas station which happened to have a Subway. How convenient. You would think it would start getting old for us. Nope. We checked our only iPhone (Michael's broke last week) and saw it was an intense storm that would pass quickly. So we waited and had a bite to eat. Then we continued on our way about an hour later only to find a road flooded. As we approached, a women in a small compact car was turning around. That wasn't an option for us. So we pedaled through it not knowing how deep it would get. At first it looked like we weren't going to have a problem and could coast through. Then after we surpassed the first stream we rounded the turn to find even more water. This time you couldn't lift your feet and coast. Once our feet became wet it turned out to be pretty fun truckin' through a river. That night we arrived at our destination around 8 and had some McDonald's and Wendy's to celebrate fording the river and the big day. While at Wendy's Tim was approached by a young boy who asked why he was carrying such a big bag. After Tim replied that it carried all of his stuff the boy says,"have you ever seen a real live hammer head shark? Because I own one." By 11pm we still hadn't determine what we were going to do about sleeping. As we left Wendy's we could tell a storm was rapidly approaching. So we booked it across the street, desperately looking for some shelter. And there it was, a pavilion. Literally seconds after we entered it began to pour for the rest of the night.