Sweetwater is sweet

Day 20.  Sweetwater, TN.  Mileage: 39

The smallest towns we've stopped in have been treating us the best it seems.  Sweetwater is a really small place but it's been a nice stay.  We had a nice easy ride day today, just about 40 miles of easy rolling hills.  We had such a chill morning, I got to ride with Molly and talk to her about the crazy planet she came from (New York City).  Then we had lunch on the river.  It was lovely.
After lunch the hills were a little more challenging but nothing like we've been through the last week or so. We got into town around 1pm and the church put us up in a beautifully air conditioned room.  That summer heat is really starting to come on.  We had a potluck dinner tonight with the church members and it was soooo good.  This was probably the biggest church member turnout we've had for a dinner yet, and it was really cool to get to talk with them while we ate.  After dinner, one of the kids Nick showed us some secret tunnels under the church, it was ridiculous.  I felt like I was in the DaVinci Code.  Then we played volleyball for 2 hours.  It always shocks me when we actually want to do more physical activity after riding all day.  But it was a lot of fun.
Tomorrow we're headed to Dunlap, TN.  From what I hear it's going to be a long, hard day...but we'll make it.  This is our first week-long stretch of consecutive ride days...it's going to make that day off in Memphis June 9th well-earned.  Time to crash on my therm-a-rest...5:30am wake up call :)