Tuesday, May 29, 2001: Portsmouth to Prestonsburg
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Stats
Wind/Weather: 50-80 NW 5-15 Mainly Tailwinds (1675.24 total/111.68 daily average)
ET: 10:00:00
DST: 130.89 miles
AVG: 15.9 MPH
RT: 8:12:17
MAX: 35.2 MPH
Cities traveled through: Lucasville, Portsmouth, South Portsmouth, KY, South Shore, Siloam, Grays Branch, Lloyd, Greenup, Wortland, Raceland, Russel, Ashland, Catlettsburg, Kenova, WV, Burnaugh, KY, Buchanan, Catalpa, Louisa, Ulysses, Lowmansville, Nippa, Paintsville, Prestonsburg
Remarks
Today started out good. The temperature was in the lower 50s with NO RAIN again! I can get used to this. The shoulder on US 23 was perfect and I hoped it would continue. It was fine until right after I got into Kentucky. Technically, there was still a shoulder but it wasn't very suited for biking because it had continuous rumble strips making for a very unpleasant ride. Therefore, I had to ride in the rough gravel again for a good portion of the trip. Once I got further south on 23 the shoulder reappeared and made for a nice ride. Originally I planned to stay at Paintsville, but didn't see any hotels right along 23 so I just decided to continue down to Prestonsburg.
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