Hello Adirondacks

- We never stop climbing...it's annoying and very hard.
- Last night we stayed at a YMCA camp on Lake George and got to sleep in beds and eat a hot breakfast.
- Camping tonight in tents and grilling for dinner.
- So many miles ahead of us...daunting.
- Legs and butt are so sore.
- Tan lines are coming in.

Bethel Mountain

Today was the longest and toughest climb of the summer. We ended at nearly 2109 feet!! It was so hard, I had to walk several times. At the top we were met by Aunt Lynne who had lemonade, watermelon, and delicious hot tea. It was heavenly and awesome to see Lynne again. We were all super appreciative.

In town, we bathed in the feezing cold river before going to a local book/coffee shop to hang out.

Tonight will bring more adventures or just sleep time. We'll see.

Build Day

Filled a hole with dirt today in the rain. Enough said.

Mammoth tusks and rocks

The morning started great. An old man at the church had a surprise for us in the dining hall. He brought a piece of a mammoth tusk found in Alaska. It was nearly 25 pounds!! He also collects rocks and let us each pick one out. I'm going to make a necklace out of it.

The rest of the day was wet and soggy with lots of rain. We pushed through the hills and arrived at our host early.

I was super excited because my Aunt Lynne came to see me and took me out to dinner. And gave me a list if the best swimming hole in our next route!!

Kaboom Team

Hills, hills, and more hills. But all is well...I'm part of the kaboom team. We took our sweet time today and it was great. Along the way we stopped at a buffalo farm, ate buffalo jerky, swam in a stream/river, and beasted the 1000 ft climb in the last 11 miles!!!

Here are some pictures from the last couple of days. Prett self explanatory.

60 down, a whole lot to go

Words of the day: exciting, miserable, painful, beautiful, fun

We climbed and climbed today. And then we went zooming downhill only to climb some more. The morning was great, especially the wheel dip in the Atlantic, but my thoughts are with the rough afternoon. I walked up hills three times because my muscles were screaming. The long downhill almost made it worth it. Tomorrow is a 30 mile day but there will be many many mre hills. I finished close to the beginning of the group which was confidence boosting though my reaction to the ride was sort of different from others. I look forward to food, sleep, and relaxing until we mount our bikes once more in the morning.

Pictures

1) Party at the ReStore
2) Photo booth at the party
3) Mixing paint with my small team on build day. We left the main build to paint a condo.
4) Painting!!!