Best suprise EVER!!!!

ok so Today was pretty awesome. The ride kind of sucked cause it was so hot but whatever, I made it. But this morning.... my dad showed up at Winston Salem before we took off and suprised me!!!!!!!!!! I was so excited!!!!! that was so sweet of him. he tricked me, cause I talked to him last night and he said he was going to the beach because my mom was out of town for the weekend. But then he really came to see me!!!!!!! And if that wasn't enough, he hooked me up with some biking gear that I needed and caught up with us on the road after our lunch stop. And the coolest most fun thing, was the he drove slow so that a hand full of us could draft behind him. It was AWESOME!!!!! and it helped get up some of those hills.

so that was a nice suprise. Thanks dad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taylorsville is pretty sweet, we got to go swimming once we got here which was a treat since it was so rediculously hot out today.

well, back to dinner and chatting with the locals.

byeEeEEeeeE

we're going to Winston

Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


So, this is going to be another short one, eventually I'll find the time to get into some details, but real quick,...

We've been in Chapel Hill for the past three days. It's been fun. We had two build days here but the first one kind of got rained out. So yesterday was the real first one. It was so incredible. We started with just the floor and by the end of the day the house had all it's walls. AND... They actually let ME use a power tool!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so happy!!!! and i got to put some glue stuff down, that was fun. But I also was given a screw and told that I won the 'screw up' award by one of the supervisors on the site. hahahaha. I wasn't very good at nailing stuff in, i spent more time nailing then trying to take the nails out. hahaha. oops. oh well.

Anyway, Chapel Hill has treated us well... we have had every meal provided for us and it's all been soooo good. So good! soo good!

today we're going to Winston Salem, NC. close to Greensboro!! whooohoo!!! but it's an 85 mile ride and that could be difficult. hopefully not as bad as the ride to Wake Forest. I'll try harder not to get lost this time. Anyway, I suppose I better go help pack the trailer.

ByeEEeEEeEEeeEe

-me-

let me catch you up

Hello Hello!!!!!!!

Sorry it's taken me so long to post but things have been crazy busy! This trip is AMAZING!!!!! I'm having such a good time. The first couple of days weren't bad at all. Friday we had our wheel dipping ceremony at Nags Head and then we were off on a 68 mile ride. It wasn't as bad as I thought, only cause it was all flat. Once we arrived in swanquarter we enjoyed some awesome food thanks to some of the locals.

We have been anything but hungry on this trip. We are definitely experiencing some southern hospitality at it's best. Day two we biked an easy 36 miles to Belhaven where I met some of the nicest people ever. This was such a cute little town. The community came together and had a cook out for us at the community center that overlooked a lake. Beautiful. Strangers took us into their homes and let us shower and wash our laundry. it was awesome.

Day three we biked 58 miles to Greenville NC, the ride was still not bad since the land was flat. We stayed in somebody's huge house and again enjoyed a butt load of good food. An old manager from Tripp's that I use to work with transfered to a resturant in Greenville and hooked us up with some really good food... ribs and burgers and chicken sandwhiches. Amazing! thank you!!!

Now we are in Wake Forest. Today's ride was miserable and hard. It started to get hilly and we did 80 miles. that's the most I have ever done and my butt butter cream is begining to let me down. It really was a rough day, but toward the end, a group of us got a little lost and missed our turn and pulled up to a resturant to ask some people for directions and they took us in and bought us some drinks. so, again with the wonderful hospitality of the south, we enjoyed more free stuff.

I can't thank everyone enough for all they have done so far. everyone is sooooo nice and great. This trip is great!!!!! Thanks to everyone for making this happen for me. I love you all so much!

I'll try to do better at keeping this up dated more frequently but it's hard sometimes cause computers and internet access are limited.

alright well, gotta go!! talk to you soon!!!!!!!!


-me-

About to leave

Alright, Well orientation is tomorrow!!!! and on Friday I will be off to bike across America. I don't think America is ready for me. Actually I'm not sure that i'm really ready for it. I never did get past biking 40 miles in one day, but Friday I will be biking 62. I did learn that it's pretty dangerous to sneeze continuously while trying to ride a bike and unclip. Also I feel bad for the little caterpillars that I accidentally run over. Poor little guys.

I would again like to thank everyone for your donations and support! If you are reading this, a special thanks to Nelson Hernandez and Bob and Sabrina Hinson I didn't have an address to mail you a thank you note but your contribution means a lot to me!

Ok then, I guess the next time I post I'll have biked a little of America!!!!

Love
Renee