Week 8 log

Hey y'all. Lots of fun this week. Lots of narrow shoulders. Lots of dead armadillos. Lots of getting harassed. The end is in sight. I have directions mapped out all the way to Savannah and Florida. After today, I should have about 460 miles left! Amazing. Here are my stats from the eighth week of this wild adventure:

7/9 Day 50
Paducah ~> Dover
Leave sunny/muggy
Arrive 2:40pm, 91°F, sunny/muggy
75.23 miles, 6h 36m on the bike
2696.07 miles total
Pain at start: 0/10
Hardest day so far
No shoulders
Light traffic
Medium hills
No wind
Scary bridge
Sunglasses broke
Blue shirt, REI socks

7/10 Day 51
Dover ~> Nashville
Leave sunrise/cloudy
Arrive 1:10pm 93°F sunny/muggy
70.96 miles, 6h 11m on bike
2767.03 miles total
Less muggy in AM
Scary storms in evening
Light traffic
Small shoulders
Medium hills
No wind
Gold shirt, REI socks, no sunglasses

7/11 Day 52
Rest day in Nashville (Franklin)
Laundry

7/12 Day 53
Nashville ~> Fayetteville
Leave sunny
Arrive 2:05 84°F sunny (not muggy)
81.13 miles, 6h 16m on bike
2848.16 miles total
Pain at start: 0/10
Medium shoulders
Medium traffic
No wind
4 dog attacks (and 1 little dog attack)
Bought sunglasses #3 in PM
Gold shirt, REI socks

7/13 Day 54
Fayetteville ~> Guntersville
Leave sunny
Arrive 4:27pm 82°F partly cloudy
80.99 miles, 6h 58m on bike
2929.15 miles total
No shoulders
Heavy traffic
No wind
Pain at start: 2/10 (saddle sore)
Light hills
One road was underwater
Mental breakdown
Boat cop visited me and gave me water
Flat tires #11 and #12
1 dog attack
Yellow shirt, REI socks x2 pair

7/14 Day 55
Guntersville ~> Cedartown
Leave CST foggy
Arrive 4:37pm EST 84°F rainy
81.47 miles
7h 14m on bike
3010.62 total
Pain at start: 1/10
Entered Georgia
Entered EST time zone
Narrow shoulders
Light traffic
Light headwind
Light hills
1 attack by a pack of dogs (6+)
Blue shirt, REI socks, no sunglasses
Torrential downpour 10 minutes after I quit biking

7/15 Day 56
Cedartown ~> Newnan
Leave cloudy
Arrive 3:32pm 86°F cloudy
60.60 miles, 5h 22m on bike
3071.22 miles total
Pain at start: 1/10 (saddle sore)
Narrow shoulders
Medium traffic
Medium hills
No wind
Gold shirt, REI socks, sunglasses in AM