Summertime and the login's easy

Greetings from Bartlesville, OK. This picture is from the presentation
we just gave about bike and build to the church that is hosting us. We
try and give these presentations whenever we can so people get a
better idea about what we're doing. We give some stats, explain a day
in the life, and show a sweet bike and build promo video (which you
can find on the website) that I never grow tired if watching. Today
our presentation group (these 5 - we rotate every week) even showed
off some of their tan lines...

Our rest day was today and we explored downtown and some of us went to
go see the movie Up. It was a Fantastic movie and I highly recommend
it. Stranger even, is doing "normal" people things like seeing a movie
after being on this trip so long. It was nice though. Our hosts at the
First Church of Christ have been awesome to us and provided buses to
the places we went today. This is good news, I tell you, because the
heat and humidity is killer. Who thought the Midwest would be so hot?

Had this trip started? To echo Dylan's sentiment in his journal entry
- absolutely. We're half way there and the bonds, inside jokes, and
comfort grow stronger each and every day. Of course it gets hotter
(we're wakin up at 430am tommorow to avoid the heat!) and the rides
longer (124 mile day in Colorado Springs), but it's all just part I
the experience - we're in it together.

I forgot to mention the ride into this town - that was yesterday, but
we left much later than we usually do in the morning because of some
serious storms. Once we got rolling, though, we were flying with tons
if tailwind. At one point I was coasting at 20MPH. It was awesome. Got
here fast, although it was nearly 100 degrees in the later part of the
ride.

Last night we took over the bowling alley (and bar...) and had some
cosmic esqe bowling followed by some impromtu dance partying. Hilarity
ensued. Fun was had by all. Maybe even some pictures later.
Interesting to note, however, is how when we have a day off the next
day, everyone still falls asleep by 1130 and wakes up the next day at
9am (considered "sleeping in" by our standards...)

And the adventure continues!