Washington!

A few days ago we entered our final state. Washington! If you asked me a few months ago how I pictured it to be I would have said that I pictured myself super tan, super excited, and super tired. Well it wasn't exactly like that. For one "super excited" is only one of the many mixed emotions that I've felt. I also felt a little down that this cross country journey is so close to ending. It will feel so strange and slightly sad when I wake up without someone sleeping 2 inches from my face. Or when I'm not woken up in the middle of the night by snoring that sounds like a train (Mark Smiley). Granted I'm not going miss smelling bad morning breath that isn't mine but I know I'll miss all the people that I've gotten to know so well over the course of 2 months and 4,000 miles. I also felt kind of happy because this means I'm a few short days from returning home. I haven't been there very much this summer and I honestly miss it a little.

And who would have ever thought that Washington would look like a desert? The part we've been through is oddly reminiscent of Nebraska. Minus the headwinds. The past few days have been so much fun which makes it even more hard to say goodbye to Bike and Build. We had an amazing build day with the main task being to paint, swam in a sparkling blue lake like you see in the movies (and lost my cell phone there), finally ate an Idaho potato, ate the best watermelon of my life, slept under the stars, saw a weird Lazar light show, flew/biked down a mountain without falling, went to a rodeo, had Gilbert the monkey safety returned to me after being hung out to die (too much to even explain), and I'm turning 21 in 4 days! Whew! Oh and I just got through biking all day in 101 degrees! I got to get acclimated to Texas somehow right? I've also been asked to give a shout out to Glenn and Barbara. So hi!