Day 3 Wellspring Ride

Our third day had us transitioning near the Ohio Kentucky border in Maysville. One of the other Team captains, Mike, was celebrating his birthday today with his Wellspring family. We had a small birthday surprise for him at the end of their ride (see photo below).

Our shift today was from 6pm until midnight. Essentially a night ride. We get to see the sunset...and then it gets dark fast. Like our day 2...Kentucky is also hilly...and we climbed a total of another 1400 meters over 120km distance. Over the course of our ride, we had 1 flat tire, again chased by multiple dogs, and also startled a coyote on the side of the road feasting on what looked to be a dead skunk.

We dedicate each of our rides to someone we know who is fighting cancer. Today, the dedication was to our friend Doug, who was a volunteer on our first ride. I was so pleased when he surprised us by coming out to our launch morning:




Here was our route...Maysville to Winchester:



A little celebration for Mike (it was just rehydration fluid in the shooter cups...water!):






We did give him some authentic Moonshine seen here next to our Wellspring Lego Warrior:


My team at the start of our shift:


And my team in action!


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