Day 4 - Early Report

Hello everyone,

Patty just called me.
They are already in Spokane, WA, the Day 4 stop.
Patty, Stephanie, and Kevin are all doing well.
She says they'll clean up, rest, and give us an update later.

Stay tuned...

Day #4

Day #4 started off with breakfast made by the same ladies who made us dinner the night before. Daniel then gave us a little lecture on how some of the riders were riding way too fast. (There were some issues the night before that I won't elaborate on between the fast riders and the slow riders). Daniel told people that this is not a race but a ride and people should slow down and look around instead of seeing just the 6 inchs in front of their tires. Plus it is hard for the support us all if we get spread out over so many miles.

I think that people took the lecture to heart because I saw riders at the back of the pack who I had never seen before. I think all and all people had a better day. Our little family (Steph, Kevin, James and I) did. We had a tail wind the whole day and loved every minute of it. The scenery was mostly wheat fields all day until we came into Spokane. We got to Gonzaga at a little after two. We are staying in a dorm at the University. We had dinner at the University Cafeteria. There is another bike group (Bike Ride Across America, BAA) who are staying in our same dorm. This group does about 60 miles a day, and takes 3 months to go across the country, and is made up mostly of retirees.

After dinner, Steph and I finally had computer access at the library on campus. WE updated our blogs with pictures, but then got so tired we called it a night. I hit my head only once on the ceiling getting out of bed from the top bunk during the night to go to the bathroom. Pretty good I think, and Janet didn't have to call 911 because I didn't fall out of bed.