I am finally caught up with my blog, after a few stops in remote areas with no internet and not getting to sitting down, but rather bouncing around the hotel room with Jay and Kyle and talking about how incredible this experience has been…and it’s only been 4 days! Today was the first day all 5 Bucknellians were in the van together, and it looks like it will be this way for a while…so excitement is very high.
First thing I’d like to learn: What does “the proof is in the pudding” mean? Kyle and I were riding today, first we started off by playing the rhyming game (if you know us well enough you probably aren’t surprise and don’t need and explanation) and for some reason that saying came into my mind. I’d love some help with figuring this one out. Oh, just remember that on the start of Day 3 I learned from Doc Walt that the area between your chin and neck is, in fact, not medically referred to as a “gobbler”.
Anyway, I also learned that Jake and Jess will be coming with us to Atlantic City and then to Bucknell at the end of our journey. This was great news, it’s been a blast hanging out with these two guys, and it will be a lot of fun to entertain them once we get back to Bucknell. I learned that Jess has been doing a back flip in every state we pass through, so obviously Kyle and I made him do one on the spot. Jake taught us more about all the sweet equipment he has and all it can do. He’s got anything you would need, and is talented enough, to do some incredible things (as you’ve seen on this website), but the biggest breakthrough I took from that was that he has the capability to do karaoke on his computer…something we might not want him to film.
I learned something from Frank today that I loved. He said “Lawyers tell you what you can’t do and businessmen tell you how you can make something happen”. I’m not going to forget this for quite a long time, it made me realize that going into business is exactly what I should be doing. I’ve never shot down an idea for being infeasible, but rather love the challenge of figuring out a way to make things possible. We are really lucky to be on such a trip with so many profoundly impressive guys. We’ve learned a lot from them in such short time already and have also seen that these guys, as successful as they are, haven’t forgot how to have a great time and “hang loose” (that’s for you Walt) from time to time.
I like this trip like I like fireworks.
