Ryan called today from Hartford, Kentucky (about halfway between Owensboro and Bowling Green). Last night he stayed with someone in Henderson, Kentucky just south of Evansville, Illinois. He's put in some long days of biking to make up for his layover for bike repair in Carbondale.  He is staying at a Methodist church tonight. He is noticing that there are less places to camp in the southeast and that more of the towns don't allow camping in city parks.  However people have been very generous about opening up their homes to him.  He has veered off the TransAmerica Trail now in an effort to make a beeline toward Asheville, N.C.  His college orientation begins on Tuesday August 20th. As he has begun to reflect on the whole of his trip, he has been grateful for the richness of experiences of people and places.  He hopes someday to get more of it written down, but it may take awhile, as he has a lot to do to settle into college (which at his college means not only studies but work and service to the community as well, and he's talking about running in cross country).