I bikes through 3 states today

Since the last time I posted we have had 3 riding days. The first one
after our build day was a 104 mile day and it was pretty awesome. I
was able to pace line a bit that day going at a constant 18mph, which
was so much fun. Cindy, Jackie and I broke off from the pace line
about 20 miles before the end and went to a bike shop to get some
things that I needed to replace from my fall. One of the things being
some pretty sweet duke blue handle bar tape. I was shocked at how much
fun doing over 100 miles was, and how well my body was handling it.

Yesterday was an 83 mile day and at the very beggining of the ride my
legs were feeling very tired, but after lunch my legs seemed to kind
of kick in to gear, which was good since that was when we climbed over
the Ozark mountain. This climb really just showed me how much I've
improved biking wise, I was able to do the entire climb without
stopping. Just about a mile after getting down the mountain of begun
to thunder storm, so we stopped at this local diner/burger place and
got a bite to eat. We took about an hour and half break to wait the
rain out, which prob wasn't the best idea but it was fun. I also
decided on this ride that I was going to name my bike flash. Yesterday
was a fun ride. There were times Jackie would say something while we
were going up a hill and I would just hysterically start laughing and
end up going 3 mph up the hill. It was definetly a fun day, with lots
of laughs.

Today was also a lot of fun, I rode with 8 other people the whole day
(which is pretty unusual), and we bikes through 3 states...Arkansas,
Missouri, and Oklahoma...and the best part was I got pics in front of
these state signs. Over the past three days, I have determined that
Arkansas has to be one of the worst smelling states around, but the
people are extremely nice...with the exception of a few drivers. We
must have drove by 30 or 40 chicken coops in the past 3 days, and it
has not been a pleasant smell what so ever.

I am currently in Grove, Oklahoma. Not too much to report here, except
for the fact that it is extremely hot.

Oh yea and HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!!!....sorry Sam you didn't get a
shout out, but I didn't blog that day.