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Rainy day on the road

Today was another wet and rainy day on the road for the team as we made our way from Cadiz to Zanesville, Ohio. We were up and ready to depart Scott United Methodist Church in Cadiz shortly after 7 a.m. when the storms rolled in postponing our departure for about 45 minutes. When the thunder and lightning stopped we hit the road in the rain to begin our 65 mile ride to Zanesville. It rained off and on throughout the morning leaving the roads wet and slick. We followed US-22 for the majority of the day which contained many potholes that left us dodging puddles all day. There were a number of flat tires on the day including the first of the summer on our support van this morning. We stopped for our normal picnic lunch out of the back of the van at a CVS in Cambridge before finishing out the final 24 miles. The Central Presbyterian Church in Zanesville has kindly offered us shelter for the night and Xixi and Takaya are currently down in the kitchen preparing tonight's dinner. In the morning it's off to the Erikson residence in Dublin, Ohio!