Bye Grossylvania

Pennsylvania is so disgusting and I am so happy to be finished riding thru it. The roads we rode on were terrible -- gravel and glass in the shoulders, construction, giant dump trucks spewing black smoke, hecklers speeding rusty American-made cars past us...ick. We rolled into West Viginia now and believe it or not it's heaps better. They even had a state sign.

Although Pennsyltucky is somewhere I would never like to revisit, I am still having a fantastic time on this trip. The people are just so awesome. I have not laughed this hard since I was in college. It's quite refreshing after a horrible year in the real world. I have no idea what day it is and barely know the time, either. I do know that we get up at 6 (or 5), but after that I never look at a clock and go to bed when I'm tired. Hosts have been pretty great, I mean we had to sleep according to gender at one church, but I guess as we roll further and further from the east coast it's going to become more conservative. We all just feel lucky enough to have a roof to sleep under (we did camp last night in PA, uneventful except for the skunk that ate all of Joseph's Clif Bars and a few Shot blocks, too.).

I haven't really been keeping up with running (I know, lame) because there is so little free time. I was able to get in a short jog with Rachel a few days ago, though, after our build day. We painted and worked on an addition to a few homes in Harrisburg, PA.

Highlights this far: Hay Barrel pics, the discount candy factory we found in rural PA, getting free food from generous store owners we pass along the way, eating Rita's, riding thru the Delaware Water Gap, all the downhills, all my great new friends, and leaving PA. There are many more but I actually have to give this computer up to other riders who would like to share their own highlights on their own blogs.

Thanks for the comments, I'm glad you enjoy this!