Against the Wind

Well it's been a while since I've posted. Sorry. Between the lack of internet access and being super tired everyday I come in, I just haven't been able to blog. We've all a sudden had a big increase in daily millage. The past few days have been something like 96, 85, 89, 79, 93, 49 miles and I am tired! Today is our first official day off! We have 0 miles planed and we're not building any houses. So to recap the past week. We've moved out of the mountains and hills and are now in the plains. The scenery went from constantly changing amazing views seen from the tops of hills to um...... cornfields. And more cornfields. I have to say that the plains aren't my favorite but every place is beautiful in it's own way. And I have a long while to discover this beauty. The hardest thing about the plains are the non-stop winds. Normally, when one bikes across the country, they go from west to east in order to have the summer westward ends at there backs. But I guess Bike and Build choses to start in on the east coast and head westward because biking across the country isn't hard enough for us. Ha! So what does this mean? Well the Midwest winds are blowing directly against us about 90% of the time with winds ranging anywhere from 17 to 45mph. I've never experienced anything like this before. The added challenge of these winds will only make Seattle more rewarding.

We had a build day about a week ago and it was very memorable. Our task was drywalling and cementing which went well but requires patience. The chief of police of Dayton, Ohio came to say a few words to all of us and we got on the news. That afternoon our hosts all gave us tickets to the professional AAA baseball game to watch the Dayton Dragons. And that morning we had police escorts to escort us out of Dayton. I'd visit this place again. We went through the states of Ohio, Indiana, and we're working getting out of Illinois. Next is Iowa and I'm really hoping to see less corn. We'll I have to go b/c I'm borrowing somebody's computer and they want it back but I'll still try to post as much as possible. Thanks for the support.