With only a little more than a week in, you can already notice improvements in everyone. I mean the sheer amount of mileage we do is bound to make us better, but it takes a lot of mental discipline to pull you through. It’s a great feeling to see people who were struggling at first to finish on time come in a lot earlier in the last few days. Biking to Charlotte was a bit tiring today since I’m still getting used to the amount of biking that we’re doing. The hills, however, were pretty awesome. I’m starting to get a feel for the fast descents and so it’s become more enjoyable. I loved when we biked through the downtown of Charlotte. I can’t wait to come back and bike through center city of Philadelphia =]. I'm looking forward to tomorrow, our second build day =].




The first picture is the church we stayed at that was on UNC's campus. The whole campus was really nice. It had a very historic feel to it along with a nice little garden (the second picture). Third picture is a big hand I saw on my way to Winston-Salem (yesterday). Fourth picture is a large milk carton. Milk does a body good!
Congrats to Fatty and Jamie on their graduations! Good luck on the job search lol.
I don't have a good quote for today. Feel free to post me one =].
i wrote a quote down in the letter i sent you. i don't remember it. you can use that one day maybe haha.
ReplyDeleteI love that hand picture!
ReplyDeleteHere is part of a poem that i'll use as a quote in honor of your bike journey and memorial day...
The Hero Who Stands Closest to You
stand tall america
come to understand
the greatest strengths of
this country are
held in the hearts of
ordinary citizens.
Hahhahaa...I am picturing Nhan as the Hobbit who has to brave all of these obstacles to get to Mordor.....first he needs to travel into the depths of the "Beautiful Yet Dangerous Cave-like Viney Hollow".....so, after survivinl the unspeakable (on a bicycle of course), he fights off the infamous Silver Hand, which obviously was no small feat....then..... a huge milk carton obstacle comes and he conquers it with love.....
ReplyDeletesurviving*.....lol....this is going to be a mean comic book one day!
ReplyDeleteThanks man, wish you were here for the celebration. May the fatty force be with you!! haha
ReplyDeleteI love the big hand pic LOL How come your always to the right side in the group pics?
ReplyDeleteHmmm...I'm not quite sure why I'm always to the right. I'll change that up for you haha.
ReplyDeletelol, yes and you can illustrate the comic book!
ReplyDeleteWe enjoyed meeting you and your friend yesterday in the Maggie Valley Post Office parking lot. What you all are doing is just amazing. Makes us wish we were younger. I hope you enjoyed our beautiful Smoky Mountain National Park. We love sharing a little bit of our heaven. Best wishes on the rest of your ride. Will enjoy tracking your progress.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you checked out our website and found the blogs! Thank you for taking time to listen to our cause =]
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