biking at around 5:30pm. Today I was sweep which means that you have
to be last and basically make sure noone is left behind. It started
off really relaxing. We (Danielle and I) made it to lunch around 11:30
just in time to see the rest of the group leave lunch. I made one if
the bests PB&J's of my life on a French bagette (so nicely donated by
weaver street). We hung around for about 30 min until we hit the road
again. As danielle and I were falling asleep on our bikes we stopped
at the nearest gas station and grabbed a cup of coffee, plus we were
beginning to catch up with the rest of the group. The gas station was
probably the highlight of my day. As we sat outside sipping on our
coffee allowing a bit of afternoon showers to leave we begun to see
several middle aged men with pick up trucks come to this very gas
station. At any normal gas station you would expect these people to
fill up their tanks and maybe grab a candy bar, oh but no. These men
each walked in and bought some at least a 12 pack of beer at 12 in the
afternoon. By about the 7th man in a span of about 30min we begin to
make bets on which beer they were going to get. We later came to
realize that alcohol cannot be sold Sunday before 12. Suddenly it all
made sense. Oh and don't let me forget to mention the man standing
outside reading the newspaper in his underwear.
After that experience we went on our way, making several pee stops
along the way due to the 200 oz of water I consumed today, and
casually taking our time. With about 20 miles left to go we met up
with the last group of people and decided to stay together the rest of
the way. Unfortunately one of the girls chain got twisted and we had
to wait about 30 min for that to be fixed. It got to a point where I
really just wanted to be back, but I stuck with it trying to encourage
everyoe to finish. It was a tough mental day cause I wanted to go a
little faster than I was, but I made it through it and was even able
to fit in a game of knock out afterwards. We finally made it to
Winston Salem after the 86 slow mile day. Tomorrow we have another 5am
wake up with some miles ahead of us. Were having a movie night
tonight, but I have a feeling I might pass out as soon as that goes on.
Oh and I didn't get any pictures today :-(. Mainly cause by the time I
found something picture worthy, I just wanted to be back at the
church, and because Tristen said I was slacking off and taking too
many pics. Haha jk I just thought I'd start calling people out to keep
it interesting.
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