Flash Floods, Police Escourts, Chinese Buffets, and Epic Pulls FTW

I was chowing down on my bagel this morning when I heard screaming coming from the main hall, a sound soon followed by Daisy running into the fellowship hall telling me to hurry up and eat because we had manged to get police escorts out of Effingham. Apparently, Niel decided to be the coolest person ever this morning and talked a couple of policemen eating breakfast in the Subway across the street to sandwich us the two miles out of town, lights flashing and sirens blaring. It was so much fun.

Just as we hit mile 5 we turned a bend in the road to find a scene worthy of Dooms Day. Giant black clouds with heavy crevices and giant billows lay less than a mile ahead. The remainder of our 60 mile ride was in the rain, which really wasn't so bad. We averaged about 18, or so says Brando as my cycling computer decided not to work today. I ended up pulling a 14-mile stretch in the middle of the ride, mostly because I would much rather have dead legs and a headwind than not be able to see for the fender spray of the fellow in front of me.  We skipped lunch and Brandon, Bryant, and I stopped at a Chinese buffet a mile away from our host site at 11:30, just in time for lunch (plus!, they agreed to donate all their leftovers from today to us for lunch tomorrow!). Now, time for bowling or something of the sort. Enjoy the pictures! Most of them are Ryan's.

 Our sorority house in Charlottesville, VA!

 

The freshman team at Marshall.

 

Natan and  Niel narding (sleeping + hard) at lunch.

 

Snyder, Ryan, and I in front of the flipping carnival ride in Ohio.

 

Cinnci build site! I'm pretty sure I'm in the middle of the picture beside the guy in the White shirt, Dick, who maybe hated me.

 Our ballin' trio.

 Breaking in darn Ohio. We were less than 3 miles away from lunch at this point....haha.

 OHIO!

 

VA.

 Lunch in WV.

 Lake in WV.

 We were Bikers for Christ for the night in VA, haha.

 VA?

 VA. Ryan, Mike, Me, & Keef.

 Kareem, Jake, Mike & Me. Somewhere.

 Cue sheet meeting....NOOOW.

 WV, I think. Notice Keef and I hugging in the center of the frame, haha.

 Me taking the below picture of Mike, hahaha.

 

Alums in Charlottesville! 

 During the climb out of Charlottesville.

 Awesome picture of Mike. Blue Ridge Parkway.

 Ryan with our decorations for his camelbak during our Sweep Day into WV together. Supes adorbs.

 The view from lunch on top of the largest climb I've ever done (during our Sweep Day into WV).

 My tush. Still Sweep Day into WV.

 Roxie! She adopted us during dinner last week. I fed him crackers during Keef's lecture about how we shouldn't feed her, haha.

 Side of our trailer. The other side is a marriage scene between a hammer and a bike...

 Me and Mike in darn Ohio.

 Laundry burrito!

 During Sweep Day into WV.

 Rachael and Ryan going nuts over the insane amoung of Donation Magic we got for dinner in Pocahantus State Park, VA.

 Braiding Keef's hair in Charlottesville, just like every morning.

 Our bracelets commemorating Christina.

 Christina's mural.

 Natan and Setarah narding.

 Bonus water park! In Pocahantus State Park.

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 Our team in Charlottesville! Kareem and Ryan.

 Lisa, Abby, and me in VA.

 

Best. Lunch. Stop. Ever.

 Sweep Day. I told you it was beautiful, didn't I?

 Christina's mural

 VA yoga. Noam, Mike, Kareem, Bebhinn, and Jetpack.

 Kyle.

 First morning in WV before the Death Climb.

 Camp in Pocahantus.

 More shots of epic Donation Magic food.

 Snyder, Kareem, and Tender doing Zumba.

  Back of our trailer.

 WV morning.

 Abs at the mural.