Getting through the storm

First off, I'd like to apologize for not posting or updating anything besides twitter and instagram until today. I'll also continue to apologize because due to time constraints in setting up camp, eating, and of course riding all day, I'm not entirely sure how often we'll be able to post. That being said, when we do post we'll make sure to include a good summary of the days up to that point. So, here's what's happened since I woke up Sunday morning.Buckle up.

 Sunday morning I woke up and it was already raining outside. We hadn't even left and all signs were pointing to bad. We lucked out big time when the Steele family came to help us load, which was awesome! Everything held together all the way to Virginia perfectly. That morning we had breakfast with our families and proceeded to head out on a 24 hour drive to the East Coast where our first night would be spent. It basically rained the entire way there, and not only did it just rain, it poured to the point of barely being able to see the car in front of you. If you follow me on instagram you saw that we ran into Godwin from Duck Dynasty on the highway and he gave us a peace sign as we subtly/creepily took a picture of him in his truck.

 Finally we arrived to our beach front camping spot! Which was awesome except it was still pouring rain so we had to set up a tent in the dry periods and not really enjoy our stay. Up to this point the trip had been terrible, rainy, boring, and to say we contemplated coming back to Georgetown would be an understatement. The next morning it took us forever to get loaded up and out on the road but we finally did and we had about 40 miles ahead of us, which is a great first day. However, about not even 10 miles into the day we realized our directions took us on a major highway that we were not down for so we had to reroute and turn around a thousand times (seriously, I counted) and it resulted in about a 7 hour day instead of a 3 hour day. The highlight was probably eating rice and beans off of a camping cooker out of the back of the truck in Wells Fargo parking lot. Nothing says poor college kid like that moment. At this point everything that could go wrong had and I had fallen more times than I care to admit. Not to mention the beautiful town of Suffolk, Virginia (Proclaimed top 100 best town US) made me wanna hop off my bike and lay down on the train tracks. At this point I hope you are wallowing in my depression with me of a rough start and are ready to put Flintstones band aids on my boo-boos.

Luckily, it started to look up. Our site last night was incredible. We had no rain and a beautiful lake to look over. We were able to take some time and get organized as well as cook a great dinner and get a good nights rest. Honestly, that might be the best site we see for most of the trip. Today we woke up ready for a day of roughly 60 miles and I must say, it was absolutely beautiful. We were spoiled with farm roads and rivers for the first 30 miles. Again, if you follow me on instagram you saw that we came across a "Warning High Water" moment where the street was flooded up to our knees. Naturally we ignored the closed road and just picked up our bikes proceeding to walk across the disease infested water (at least it was cold). After a lunch stop that included sandwiches in a Hardee's parking lot we finished the next 30 miles that was mostly uphill and would definitely kill our legs.

 All that being said, today was infinitely better than yesterday! Yesterday was like walking on glass shards in hell while today was like a nice stroll in San Gabriel. It's not Town Lake but at least it's not sharp glass. We're crashing at another camp site and tomorrow will ride 97 miles to our next site. If you cringed when you read that, it's ok, I cringed when I typed it.

Lastly, I'm going to give a quick shout out to Davis. He's been awesome so far. He's taken care of us well and we've had an awesome time with us. This trip wouldn't happen without his help, at least not as easily as it's been thus far. He's the perfect soccer mom at stops as he passes out fruit, protein and Powerade (Ladies, get in line).

Continue to pray for us like you all are and we are loving all the support from back home. As hard as the days are and the nights on the ground, knowing we'll be home in roughly 24 days makes it all worth it. Continue to pray for good weather and consistent directions to make our days and nights smoother and everything should pan out just right. Outside of that, feel free to share the blog, the videos (which rumor has it Davis will post every Wednesday) and the website. People in Virginia are excited to hear about what is happening in Texas and that's all thanks to you guys. As for now, I'm going to relax in Starbucks and find out if steroids are available via UPS.