Friday August 1st - Day 33

Today we left EARLY...oh we got up with those early birds, who make a racket at 5 am...some are even up before then and are clanging there tent poles and getting on there bikes and out of camp before 6... most mornings i am not up until nearly 7....this morning we decided to head out early...early enough to see the sun rise. We were on our bikes and heading out of the parking lot jsut after 6:30...ahhh. What a beautiful sunrise over the horizon as we headed out of Minden, Nebraska.

Today we reached the halfway point for mileage, it was more of a hype than necessary. We toasted with ... water bottles (boo) but hey it was 8 am... we will see if we can do something special this weekend in Fremont. (in the pic - Annette, Jenna, Julia... and Zinger).

The sun was shining just right, and i took this shot...while cycling...perfecting the art of cycling and photo taking... cycloto...is the name for it.

We made some good time, until the headwind hit us, and boy was it a doozy. George told us it was similar to '05 when they were heading into T-bay, minus the rain...

Our speed was dropped to mid-low 20's which really makes for a long 155 k ride.

When heading onto the highway, the last leg of the trip into York, my rear tire BLEW...like a shotgun was the noise....

SCARED FACTOR : huge, for i wasn't really sure what happened, i knew something was going on... and well, now i have a NEW busted tire. See i just put these new tires on the other day and now i have to go get a new one...blew the tire, and the tube...managed to repair it, and put a 'boot' in it to keep the tube in. Pumped it up to 70 psi, and managed to make it to 5 km from the camp.

The following picture is my new warwounds... they hurt... alot...and i even scraped my side, anid hip area... I have no clue how i fell off my bike, only that i did....and scraped my body pretty good. We were going at a good clip, 30km, and then we weren't... i swerved, swerved, swerved and fell... it hurts alittle still now, but livable.

THE WORST THING: When i went to shower and rinse of my new acquired war-wounds, i slightly screamed out in pain, because of the salt that i had emitted from the ride, went over the wounds which hurt more now then they ever did before....note to self, salt in wounds HURTS!

Nebraska was asking for a piece of me...so i donated.

I think what hurts more, is the brain, the thought of how actually did i fall, for i have no clue. One minute i am cruising, the next i am laying on the ground. Jenna a Jon saw nothing but me go down...I am doing fine, but it was interesting, for we had to walk the last 5 k to camp because my front tire was no longer 'true' and my front brakes were misaligned. I am thankful that Jenna and Jon stuck with me, for i would not have called the sag for any reason.

We have been chatting about calves, and Josh and I have measured ours...mine were the same as his at the beginning of the tour...the discussion continues -- here is a photo of some legs and see if you can identify who they belong to. The people are Brian, Ed, Gayle, Sarah, Stephanie and Julia. List your guess in order of the picture from left to right as a comment...or just guess for mine...come on!Alright, so finally i have caught up with this week, I hope you have enjoined some more adventures... keep sea to sea and all the people in your prayers..