Portsmouth, NH

Arriving in Portsmouth with my dad after a three day drive from Cleveland, I met the 30 people that I'd be biking and building the summer with, a great group I'm looking forward to getting to know. The first two days were orientation. We stayed at Holy Trinity Lutheran church where we got to know names, rules, safety, and equipment. Everyone was anxious to get riding. We had an entertaining and touching talk from the woman who runs the Portsmouth Habitat for Humanity who provided us dinner. Saturday brought our first 'build' with half the group doing painting and the other half--myself included--biking to Dover, NH for help at H4H's Restore. The Restore is a store where Habitat raises money by selling donated housing supplies. We helped measure, price, and organize windows. The work went quick, so we were able to check out the art festival going on in Dover and had an enjoyable loop down the street into Maine on the way back, just to say we were there. 27 miles total riding. Good start.