Riding in Indiana is easy, since its flat, but boring, because Indiana consists of pretty much nothing but corn and Indianapolis.
Tonight I write you from Greenwood, a south superb of Indy and home of the Dan Bartholomew, one of our riders. The family couldn't of been nicer to us. After a 95 mile ride yesterday, we all came in prety frustrated from some routing issues from the last 30 miles or so. As I was walking in, I was shown the largest bottle of Jack Daniels I have ever seen in my life and my attitude took a complete 180... After a great dinner and a few drinks we went to get some ice cream, for free, at a ice cream place that also had karaoke (weird, I know). Me and another rider, Issac, brought the place down with an amazing and awkward rendition of Backstreet Boys "Everybody" that even David would be proud of. After the Karaoke, we returned to find that riders who didnt go for ice cream had found karaoke of their own on the familys living room TV. Many more drinks, singing, and hilarity ensued- Good to get some toxins in the body.
As I type this, I'm watching the Day the Earth stood still. Keanu Reeves makes a better cop than an alien
The rest day today was sweet- just what I needed. Slept in and awoke to some sausage gravy and biscuits, which were super good. Got in some good reading (I've been working on Watchmen) for a few hours. Then I got in a long run, 10 miles or so, which was nice. Took a dip in a pool. Had a swimming race with Saebin-lost. Watched a movie- Big Fish, which I'd never seen. Then, we all got taken out to an awesome dinner at this Mexican restaurant. I got the "Special Dinner"- a myriad of mexican food items... Some more chillin tonight, some ice cream, and no Keanu Reeves is convincing the president of the US that humans need to be eliminated.
We have rotating team duties- pack the van, wake up, cooking, team blogging, change diapers, thank you cards, etc. We all have partners. I'm with Ms. Megan Mcdermont, a lovely gal, to say the least. We make a pretty good team. Anyways, no duties for us for the next 3 days... Lookin forward to seein everyone in Champaign on Tuesday.