Ashtabula, OH
Sunny day for Sweep. Each day two people are assigned to be sweep. Sweep has the responsibility of carrying an extra tire and first aid kit, and being the last riders in the group, to make sure everyone is on track, OK, and making time. Today was Jason and my first sweep day. We hung back and left Westfield last but at a fast pace. We caught Nick, Will, Kat, and John at the Pennsylvania border. Kat was feeling real sick so we hung back and waited for the van to come pick her up. We continued the day at a fast pace, and when we caught someone we would find the nearest thing to occupy us. Made a handlebar container for my bike out a Nutty Bar box at a gas station, weighed our bikes--25lbs, and packs--11lbs at a sports store, took a nice nap after lunch, stopped at the Whippy Dip for ice cream in OH--mainly because of the name. Enjoyed a quick visit from the family and the Hopkins with brownies which were much appreciated and quickly devoured by the group. Had a good evening and our group finally had a dry opportunity to paint the trailer. We have some good artists and it came out great.
Build day. We did work for a local community action organization that does work with affordable housing, energy efficiency, and health and human services including the WIC program. I'd never heard of the WIC program before, it provides food vouchers for healthy food for women with infants using federal funding. The whole group worked together to paint their health and human services center. We had a successful paint job finished in half a day and I with many others headed to the library for a rare blog/email opportunity. Another home shower and a trip to the country's largest covered bridge.
Sunny day for Sweep. Each day two people are assigned to be sweep. Sweep has the responsibility of carrying an extra tire and first aid kit, and being the last riders in the group, to make sure everyone is on track, OK, and making time. Today was Jason and my first sweep day. We hung back and left Westfield last but at a fast pace. We caught Nick, Will, Kat, and John at the Pennsylvania border. Kat was feeling real sick so we hung back and waited for the van to come pick her up. We continued the day at a fast pace, and when we caught someone we would find the nearest thing to occupy us. Made a handlebar container for my bike out a Nutty Bar box at a gas station, weighed our bikes--25lbs, and packs--11lbs at a sports store, took a nice nap after lunch, stopped at the Whippy Dip for ice cream in OH--mainly because of the name. Enjoyed a quick visit from the family and the Hopkins with brownies which were much appreciated and quickly devoured by the group. Had a good evening and our group finally had a dry opportunity to paint the trailer. We have some good artists and it came out great.
Build day. We did work for a local community action organization that does work with affordable housing, energy efficiency, and health and human services including the WIC program. I'd never heard of the WIC program before, it provides food vouchers for healthy food for women with infants using federal funding. The whole group worked together to paint their health and human services center. We had a successful paint job finished in half a day and I with many others headed to the library for a rare blog/email opportunity. Another home shower and a trip to the country's largest covered bridge.
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