Today I saw a sign when we got into Ohio the I am going to blow up and put in my bedroom. It was a sign marking two cities ahead of us on the road which read: Lewisburg 5 and Springfield 26. Basically it was a sign that was directing me toward the two places I refer to as home in my life (sorry DC, but you may be in the mix in a few months or so). So that was exciting. However, not as exciting as the fact that all 5 Bucknell guys finally got to ride together in the van today. And on top of that our rotation was: Frank and Walt together, then Kyle, Jay and I togther. We switched off with that rotation for the day and it was awesome. Brings me to the first thing I learned today: Even the most boring surroundings (nothing but corn fields all around) can be the best time of your life if you’re with the right company.Don’t get me wrong, the scenery may seem boring when it’s right there in front of you, but today I think the first impact of this trip finally hit me. We are biking across the entire country! These are things we may never ever have seen in our entire lives if it weren’t for this trip (Jenna/Jive, we owe you big time!) This hit me while we were driving. I was in the back of the van with the side sliding door open (if you haven’t had the chance to ride in a minivan this way, I highly recommend it). I was staring off into the hazy Ohio sky, and trying to look around the huge corn fields for something interesting, when I picked up Jay’s camera and started to browse through the pictures.
I was looking at pictures of places I could barely recall, but also some places that I’ll never forget…and that’s when it hit me: it’s been only two weeks and we’ve seen sooo much of this country. Our shirts have a map on them of our route and we only have about an inch to go! Wow.
So right now we’re hanging out in London, OH. Kyle’s parents came to visit us for the night with a couple of his friends. Props to Mama-Ro for all the bananas, cookies, protien bars and oranges! Probs to Papa-Ro for wearing another sweet Hawaiin shirt, I’d like to go shopping with him someday so he can pick out a ton of sweet just “hangin’ out” clothes for me. We’re about to head out to a sports bar of some sort to watch some college football (can’t believe it’s already Saturday, again!) and load up on our liquid carbs for the next few days to come.
So the third thing to take away from this: spandex can be a lot of fun when taken in doses. If you live in spandex for two plus weeks, they begin to wear on you…especially when you only get to do laundry once a week.
Goldie, maybe someday I’ll actually get to talk to you on the phone…for now, just ask Gracie how I’m doing because I’ve been texting her like crazy! Cheers to the Bison raising our million dollars, let’s not stop there!
Kim, great looking out on getting Wet Hot American Summer…that’s the first thing we are all doing when we get back to DC!
