This is what happens when you have a birthday on Bike and Build. Especially when your name is Ginger and you fail to mention to everyone that it is your birthday. "You can ride, but you can't hide"
These are some photos from Nags Head beach on our first day riding, wheel dipping ceremony.
Hanging out and itching to go
This ones for you, Mom and Dad:
I told Ginger and Andy to look majestic and this is their interpretation...
A nice photo of two out of four of our fearless leaders. Playing in the sand...
LEADERS:
Gabe - (foreground) Reliable, Loud, Enthusiastic, Killer Stache
Anna - (in the sand) Similar, less loud (no stache)
Amy - (no photo) Camera shy...just kidding
Steve - (laughing in next photo) infectious laugh, embodies all traits above as well
They guide us, prepare us, and somehow manage to get us all to take care of one another. We are lost (literally), without them.
Steve and Gabe:
View from on top of the "Welcome to Nags Head" sign:
Hitting the road on our first day (66 miles). We were in this road for about 60 miles ... an endless stretch of swamp and road
Think of me riding my bike and trying to take a photo in front of me. Now, appreciate the detail. Read this again. Marvel at my feat:
The road didn't actually look like this, but I'd like to think that it did
From my ride today doing sweep
Keeping friends company while changing a flat. TEAMWORK!!
Some of the healthy food I ate at Cubies (local burger joint) after our 54 mile ride. Did I mention that eating takes on a whole new meaning after cycling? I'm pretty sure my calorie intake per day has at least doubled. This phonomena, I like it.
And finally, the design on our trailer from last years trip. We just whitewashed the trailer and now it is being repainted with fresh ideas. Whdat will they be?? Stay tuned. Comment if you are reading this; I know a lot of unfamiliar people are - SHOW yourselves! Are you not entertained!?
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Thank you for the picture Sharif. We read your blog every day.
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Tomorrow (or I guess...today?): Chapel Hill, NC
ReplyDelete-Home of UNC. Go Wahoos!
-Current home of Max Martin. Hi Max
-Cat's Cradle in Carrboro is often rated as one of the best clubs in the country for live music. Catch some music?
-Squirrel Nut Zippers, James Taylor, George Hamilton IV, Southern Culture on the Skids, Superchunk, Polvo and Ben Folds Five are among the notable musical acts whose careers began in Chapel Hill. hahahah Nut Zippers. Hilarious
-Morehead Planetarium, opened in 1949, has been the training site for astronauts from the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
-Mia Hamm played for UNC. I guess we have to like the school now...
-Hailed as "America's Foodiest Small Town" by Bon Appétit Magazine. Good news for you!!
-Chapel Hill, or at least the town center, indeed sits atop a hill which was originally occupied by a small Anglican "chapel of ease", built in 1752, known as New Hope Chapel. Carolina Inn now sits there. Go capitalism.
-In 1968, only a year after its schools became fully integrated, Chapel Hill became the first predominantly white municipality in the country to elect an African American mayor. Also voted 70%+ for Obama. Woo!
-Lewis Black and John Edwards used to or currently live there. Wave for me.
Until tomorrow (or later today?)
Neat pictures too! Especially the skillful picture of yourself
Haha nice I might catch some music at that club
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