DAY 5 Ride — Sunrise, Coffee & Buckets of Sweat 🚴‍♂️☕🥵 Today's adventure started in Kosciusko, Mississippi.

Sam and I spent part of the morning trying to figure out where the name came from. Turns out it's Polish. Around here it's pronounced "Kos-See-Esko," and after a few attempts I almost sounded local. Almost. Little Kevin was up before the rest of us filming the sunrise. Kids notice things adults drive right past. The sky was putting on quite a show, and for a few minutes everything was cool, quiet, and peaceful. Then Mississippi remembered it had a job to do. Now let me tell you about breakfast. We stopped at Koty Earl's Restaurant, where a table full of good ol' Mississippi boys seemed curious about who we were and what we were doing. So I wandered over and introduced myself. Before long we were jawing—that's country for solving most of the world's problems before breakfast. They told stories about logging, pine trees, coal mines, and the good old days. I had to laugh because their good old days and my good old days weren't exactly the same thing. After breakfast we drove about 20 miles, unloaded the bikes, and headed toward Jackson. And the heat? Let's just say it wasn't regular hot. It was "why am I sweating while standing still?" hot. 🥵 Josh and Little Kevin absolutely put in the work today, riding all 58 miles. No drama. No complaints. Just steady effort. Sam pulled the front for the first 20 miles like he's done a thousand times before. Then Old Man Kevin took over. Father Time tried to catch him, but he didn't quite get there today. 😄 Tonight's reward is simple: air conditioning, a hotel room, clean clothes, and another chance to do it all again tomorrow. The miles are great, but the people are what I'll remember. The sunrise. The conversations over coffee. The strangers who become friends for fifteen minutes. The young people discovering they're capable of more than they thought. That's the real journey. See y'all tomorrow... same time, same Bat-Pedal Station! 🚴‍♂️😂