Ride to Rushville, Indiana - 105 miles. The bike path in the morning was filled with branches that fell in the previous night's storm and it was really fun to bunny hop or cyclocross-style run over the debris. That evening on the news we found out that apparently there was a panther on the loose around the area that had escaped from someones house where it was kept as a pet - luckily no Bike and Builders were stalked by the panther. The rest of the ride was very hot, but went by faster than any century I have done! Maybe I am just getting used to spending all day on the bike, or maybe the flat terrain is the greatest thing in the world. Anyway, we got into Rushville and the people are AMAZING and greeted us with watermelon and then made us one of the best dinners I can remember... the pork tenderloin was soooo good.
Ride to Bloomington - 100.2 miles that flew by pretty quickly - in the first two hours of riding we covered just over 45 miles through the flat cornfields of Indiana. After my daily lunch nap I put as many leaves as I could on a still-sleeping Zach and tried to convince him afterwords that he had been the victim of a 'leaffall', a rare natural disaster that can be devastating to its victims. Surprisingly, he did not believe me.
Getting into Bloomington the hills re-appeared. After the ride I went over to Indiana Universities campus, which is the most amazing and beautiful campus I have ever been on. The campus is big and has several sections to it, but it has a perfect combination of having a city around it and having a nice, spacious interior section FULL of trees - there is even one section that has a tree density of a forest with old, college buildings spaced within it. The main part of campus has many greens, trees, and even has a stream running through the middle of it, which is so beautiful. The old buildings have moss covering the sides of them.
Build day: Roofed on a house in the whole habitat neighborhood which was a blast, a beautiful blue Indiana sky overhung a cornfield at the end of the street. I fell asleep under the porch in the dirt and gravel and woke up after the whole crew had just left to start up again. After the build I went over to the IU campus again, just to see it another time, and later we had B&B prom, which was a total blast. We went as famous couples - notable couples included Beauty and the Beast (Anna and I), Calvin and Hobbes, Peach and Mario, John Smith and Pocahontas, and David and Victoria Beckham.
Ride to Bloomington - 100.2 miles that flew by pretty quickly - in the first two hours of riding we covered just over 45 miles through the flat cornfields of Indiana. After my daily lunch nap I put as many leaves as I could on a still-sleeping Zach and tried to convince him afterwords that he had been the victim of a 'leaffall', a rare natural disaster that can be devastating to its victims. Surprisingly, he did not believe me.
Getting into Bloomington the hills re-appeared. After the ride I went over to Indiana Universities campus, which is the most amazing and beautiful campus I have ever been on. The campus is big and has several sections to it, but it has a perfect combination of having a city around it and having a nice, spacious interior section FULL of trees - there is even one section that has a tree density of a forest with old, college buildings spaced within it. The main part of campus has many greens, trees, and even has a stream running through the middle of it, which is so beautiful. The old buildings have moss covering the sides of them.
Build day: Roofed on a house in the whole habitat neighborhood which was a blast, a beautiful blue Indiana sky overhung a cornfield at the end of the street. I fell asleep under the porch in the dirt and gravel and woke up after the whole crew had just left to start up again. After the build I went over to the IU campus again, just to see it another time, and later we had B&B prom, which was a total blast. We went as famous couples - notable couples included Beauty and the Beast (Anna and I), Calvin and Hobbes, Peach and Mario, John Smith and Pocahontas, and David and Victoria Beckham.
