Philipsburg, KS 80 miles

Philipsburg, KS 80 miles
Despite the long mileage, everyone arrived at the host church by 1:30
pm, we are all such strong riders. The highlight of today was biking
by the Worlds Largest Ball of Twine! By far the little town's main
attraction and source of income. We were all able to add some twine to
it ourselves-it was the most exciting thing (besides us crazy Bike &
Builders of course) for a good hundred miles at least. Our hosts were
very generous and friendly, I've enjoyed talking to community members
of all the towns we stop in. Meeting people and both sharing with and
listening to them has been one of my favorite parts of this trip. One
particular woman, Eve, took a particular liking to me and showed me
the secret room where the bean bags and another couch were hidden.
Also the next morning she handed me some banana chocolate chip cookies
for me to do what I wanted with. I love people!!! I also trying
talking a couple high schoolers from the community into doing B&B once
they are old enough. They looked at me like I'm crazy and said there
is no way. After explaining the awesomeness that is Bike & Build and
directing them to the website, I can only hope they may change their
mind. This trip is proving to be the most incredible experience of my
life thus far. This day was Thursday which meant mail!! Thank yous to
the Meyer family for the shot blocks- they are great! Also to my
roommates/friends for you letters, cards, goodies and especially the
origami whale and dog :). Thank you Aunt Dianne and Uncle Don for the
card and gift card, to my Grandma Dykehouse for the kind words and
cash, and to Art and Elsie Terpstra for their encouraging card. Mail
day may be my favorite day of the week- the energy I get from friends
and family is imeasursable and I can't thank you enough. If you are
thinking about mailing me something, cards are always appreciated, as
are homemade goodies and any snack food, gift cards are also great.
Just a couple suggestions to those of you who are wondering what is
best to send :) Anything fun and small is a good choice too. OR you
can also comment on my blog to say hi- I love reading comments from
people!
peace and love-Kristen

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Beloit, KS

Beloit, KS
Um, I'm having a little trouble remembering what exactly we did.
Kansas roads are great though, flat with rolling hills. On the road we
stopped in the small town of Glasco, KS for root beer floats and
milkshakes at the local small town soda fountain shop. Later when we
got into Beloit we stopped at Another soda fountain and I got a
chocolate malt on the way to the city pool. I got wet in the pool,
napped in the sun, and eventually showered and headed back to the
church for dinner. That night we went to watch Toy Story 3 in 3D which
was SO great!! Cell phone service was spotty though so I couldn't get
the phone call I was so looking forward to from my lifegroup girls!!! :(

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Clay Center, KS 40 miles

Clay Center, KS 40 miles
Short day, everyone was into town by 11:30 am, and then went to
Wendys! The gift card from Aunt Dianne came in handy, thanks!!! It was
good that we ended so early because by 2 pm it was 97 degrees in
town, plus humidity. I spent my free time calling family and friends,
journaling, exploring town and just relaxing. Dinner then bike
cleaning, more phone calling and lastly movie watching, Kansas has
been mostly flat and vast, lots of open empty fields and the ocational
cow herd staring at you from a hill. Love it!

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Manhattan, KS 86 miles

Manhattan, KS 86 miles
A fast day, the road was straight, flat and not very windy. I was
lucky enough to ride with some fast people and had an average speed in
the 20s for the majority of the ride. We were even going 25 mph for a
while before I got stopped and dropped off the line because I needed
to catch my breath and fix my contact. I figured that air and vision
were both important and necessary for biking safely. Everyone arrived
to the host church by 2pm, which is pretty early considering the
mileage. After some napping and a great dinner, we all explored
downtown Manhattan and enjoyed ourselves a little later than usual
because we had a rest day the next day!!!

Rest day!
After a full month of biking or building every day, we enjoyed a day
off! My attempt at sleeping in was a failure and I was up at 7 am,
which I guess is sleeping in more than usual. The day was spent
watching Batman, the Dark Knight, getting a free massage, eating free
Chipotle burritos, getting a new phone from the verizon store, walking
around downtown, visiting a used book store and coffee shop, and a
thrift store. A potluck dinner from our lovely hosts and group
bonding with some head and back scratching followed by trying to jump
and stay on a massive bouncy ball and watching Dirty Dancing completed
our rest day very well!

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Lawrence, KS 61miles

Lawrence, KS 61miles
This day was an adventure! It started out on a paved bicycle path,
sounds nice and easy, right? Wrong! Yes it was fun but certainly not
the "easy" ride I was expecting. The week previous there had been
storms and flooding which left the bike path strewn with piles of
rocks, fallen trees, puddles, mud, sticks, barriers and dead fish. We
compared it to a video game, getting on and off our bikes and carrying
them over the fallen trees, yelling "fish left!" sharp turns to avoid
mud-it was so great! Later there was a gravel road, which wasn't
particularly great except for the fact that there was a big storm fast
approaching which encouraged us to go faster. It felt like a scene
from the wizard of oz, windy with ominous clouds up ahead and
surrounding. After we got on paved road once again the skies opened
up. Thunder, lightning, and rain with wind so hard it felt like hail!
We stopped underneath some trees for a little while, continued biking,
it started storming again and then we stopped again, this time at a
house. We sat on the porch and played with some puppies while we
waited out the storm. The rest of the ride was beautiful! We were
literally biking into the light, with the dark storm sky behind us. It
was wonderful, the whole ride this day was surreal and amazing. Once
we got to our host, a private school, we went swimming in the great
outdoor pool with a water slide! It was perfect.

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Kansas City, MO 94

Kansas City, MO 94 miles June 16-18
Wow, what a beautiful ride. The weather was really nice and so was the
scenery. I was sweep with Kathryn so we took it nice and slow, over
many rolling hills. I very much enjoyed the hills after lots of
fairly flat land. It was the longest ride I have accompished thus far
and that felt great. Because we were sweep and therefore the last
riders in, we came in late. I need to give a shout out to Kathryn
because this was her first day back on her bike after resting her knee
for a couple days. Not only was this the longest day any of us have
done, but it had hills! I am so so proud that she made it the whole
way, even through the last couple miles of horrendous hills right
before the church. It was a great day to sweep :) Dinner that evening
was amazing and so was the sky. There was a thunderstorm and then a
double rainbow. Jen, Laura, Andy and I stood outside for several
hours, just watching the sky change. The rainbow, sky, clouds and
sunset combination was breathtaking. So beautiful. I love nature!

Build day 1 and 2
Yes build day!!!! Slept in until 7 am which was great, and then
shuttled over to the Kansas City Habitat office. From there we split
into two groups, one for the warehouse to build walls, and the other
to deconstruct and reconstruct front porch steps from one of the first
Habitat houses built in KC. The KC Habitat is actually one of the
oldest Habitat affiliates (7th) of Habitat for Humanity International.
I worked with the porch group with our great constuction leader Jim,
who was a lot of fun to work with. It reminded me of working at my
home and school Habitat build sites. We finished that project in a day
and a half, and then moved back to the warehouse to build some dog
houses and organize lumber. The dog houses were made from scrap lumber
and to be sold at the ReStore, which I thought was a great idea. Lunch
both days was amazing! They grilled for us and had kabobs and pasta
and baked beans among other great foods. At the end of our first build
day we got free tickets to the Royals baseball game! So much fun! The
ball park had waterfalls, fountains and fireworks! The night of our
second build day I was able to meet up with two dear friends from
home, Jessy and Erica, it was so nice to go out to Panera bread and
Coldstone with them. A town hall meeting with warm fuzzies and later
journaling and blogging ended the night well.

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Sedalia, MO 61

Sedalia, MO 61
This day was kind of a down day. Moods were depressed, there were many
bike problems, it rained A LOT, and the Missouri drivers today were a
little rude. They would lay on their horns and yell profanity at us,
even though we were as far over as we could be on the road, biking
safely. By a sign that says "share the road" with a picture of a
bicycle on it no less. Ah well, we made it to our host church and it
was wonderful. After sorting through our coolers and food, condensing
and organizing to make things fit better, I took a hot shower and got
my laundry together because it's laundry day! Dinner was great: cesear
salad, cheese bread, spaghetti and green beans. The best part of the
night, howerver, was the suprise the host had for us. They brought in
a massage therapist and chiropractor! Whoever wanted could get a free
adjustment and massage of whatever they needed. It was marvelous!
Several of the girls actully cried with joy when this suprise was
announced. Every Bike & Build day is a GREAT day!!!!!

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Jefferson City, Mo 79 miles

Jefferson City, Mo 79 miles
More riding in the Katy Trail. There were at least ten flats today
along the trail. It sprinkled a little bit, and it was very welcome to
cool us down. When we got into the the city, which is the the capital
of Missouri, a couple of us tried unsuccessfully to find the Race
across America time check in for the crazy cyclists who are biking
west to east hundreds of miles a day and get about 2 hrs of sleep a
night. They are insane, but we couldn't find it, so we came back to
the church. After dinner I cleaned my bike and then explored the city
a little and the beautiful capitol building. A little journaling,
blogging and cuddling and it's time for bed.

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Washington, Mo 62 miles

Washington, Mo 62 miles
Rode on the Katy Trail today, which used to be the Kansas and Texas
railroad. I love rail trails! It was mostly crushed limestone and
gravel, shaded in the woods. Bad things about the Katy trail: gravel
isn't fun to ride on with a road bike, lots of flat tires (not me yet)
and there are lots and lots of mosquitos. Good things: shade-which is
really nice when it's over 90 degrees and humid, protected from the
wind, flat, no cars, and it's very nice to be able to talk with each
other and ride side by side. A couple of us stopped at a beautiful
Winery and Vineyard before biking the rest of the way to our host. We
are staying right along the Missouri river, so a walk to the
riverfront was very nice. As was some nice free Sonic cherry limeade
and icecream.

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St Louis, Mo. 68 miles and Build day!

St Louis, Mo. 68 miles and Build day!
It was a very windy day of biking, but a stop at a farmers market and
biking with awesome people made it great. I alternated riding speeds
again today which was nice. Another state line crossed as we passed
over the Mississippi river on the old Chain of Rocks Bridge. It was
very cool. We arrived at our host at about 3 pm, and were welcomed by
a wide array of snack foods provided by Kristina's mother. We eat SO
MUCH FOOD. Later I was able to see my family, mom dad and brothers who
drove about 8 hours to come see me! We went out for dinner and took
pictures by the arches. After that I was reuinited with my group and
we explored St Louis a little more before going to bed.

Saturday build day!
Slept in until 7am, then headed off to the build site. We worked with
Rebuilding Together today, which is an affordable housing organizaion
that seeks to keep families safely in their houses and to sustain the
affordability of their houses. The four houses we worked in today were
over 100 years old, and the main task we worked on was replacing
flooring. Landscaping was something else we worked on. It started to
storm and rain again (our second build day to end in a thunderstorm)
but it was time to leave anyway. Back at the host we went swimming!
This was very refreshing and needed after working in 90 degree heat
and 80% humidity for much of the day. Dinner was delicious once again,
and afterwards my family came over. We ate ice cream together, talked
and played badminton before they had to leave. It was very very nice
to see them :) Played more badminton after they left and now am
getting ready for bed.

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Greenville, IL 51 miles

Greenville, IL 51 miles
What a great day! It was dubbed "dia de locos" and we all dressed
CRAZY! I had a unibrow and mustache and wore underwear outside my bike
shorts. It was nuts, i looked like a scary man. In the morning I rode
with some super fast people and was lucky enough to ride at the end of
the pace line behind some strong cyclists. We averaged about 23 mph
and we the first people to lunch, a little after 9 am. I was lazy and
stayed late at lunch, napping with the sweep riders (Jen Hunt and
Jesse Young) and also with Andy and Jesse Bright. After a long
relaxation time under the tree and a little stretching we were on our
way, going pretty fast again. Shortly before arriving at our host
town, we caught up with some other riders and found out about a city
pool! So instead of going directy to the church we detoured to the
pool. They let us in for free and we cooled off, swimming in our bike
clothes. It was just what we needed, but I may have gotten a little
sunburnt. The host site wasn't far from the pool and when we arrived I
opened mail!

I got so much mail, I was overjoyed! I'd like to thank my Aunt Dianne
and Uncle Don, Kathi Moore, Kelly Siegersma, Summer Dubois, Grandma
Dykehouse, Kristina Meyer and everyone else who has been praying for
this trip and thinking about us, the encouragement I recieve from you
all gives me strength on long milage days and high hills :) Tomorrow
we go to St Louis and I get to see my family! Can't wait! And another
build day Saturday!

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Effingham, IL 70

Effingham, IL 70
Kind of a boring day, we were on US 40 the whole day, and it was
overcast and windy. Luckily we are in good company :) After we were
done riding for the day the weather cleared up! I spent a good portion
if the afternoon under a beautiful shade tree journaling, reading and
napping. It was wonderful. Beacause it is Wednesday night, we had our
affordable housing meeting/ presentation. Each week four of our team
give a little presentaion to the group about what they have reseached
in an area of the affordable housing crisis. For example, tonight we
discussed Education and Heath care and how they relate to the cause. I
look forward to these meetings a lot, and we have some great
discussions as well. We crossed into our fifth state and have entered
a new time zone. Three weeks ago today we met and started this thing
called Bike & Build, wow.

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Terre Haute, IN 60 miles

Terre Haute, IN 60 miles
We went fast today! Lunch was at 9:30 and we arrived in the host town
by 12:30. Flat and smooth roads make riding do much easier for some
reason. Especialy the last part of the day I rode with Emma and Sara G
and they set a very nice, fast pace. But once we got into the town,
maybe 2 miles away from our host church, we stopped and explored a
really cool cementary and then went to the store. Later, after
showers, a bunch of us spent some time at the coffee shop writing
postcards and journal entries- it was great. The church previded us
with some spectacular food, and were very hospitable. Today was also
laundry day and it was nice weather. Every day I seem to have more joy
than the last, it's overflowing onto everything and I move it!!

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Bloomington, IN 40 miles

Bloomington, IN 40 miles
What a beautiful town! I loved Bloomington! As a college town it is
nice to see lots of young bike friendly people, it's kind of a hippy
community. A short ride allowed for us to stop in the pleasant town of
Nashville, IN at this great place called the Fudge Kitchen. They had
54 types of popcorn and lots of fudge, I bought some maple nut fudge.
Once we got to Bloomington we explored the town and ate at Little
Tibet, a restaurant owned by the Dali Llama's brother apparently. It
was my first experience with Tibetian food and I enjoyed it. For
dinner we had a cookout at the local park by the parents of a Bike &
Build alumn from last summer. People are so generous! Again and again
I am astounded by the amount of support we are receiving. Another B&B
alumn bought usblots of snack food...and hummus! There is very little
that makes us riders happier than hummus. I will be returning tonthis
town I am sure.

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"Typical day"

Wake up at 5:30 am. Pack up everything into my bin and change into my
bike clothes. Eat breakfast. Help clean up. Route meeting, this
includes recieving our cue sheets (to tell us where to turn and how
far to go etc), listen to announcements from leaders, learn about the
town we are biking to, pass the disco stick, and dance 20 seconds of
80s dancing. Then we bike, stop to stretch about 10 miles in, bike
some more. Halfway through the route the van sets up lunch, unless the
90/90 rule applys. This means that when it over a 90 mile ride day or
over 90 degrees, we eat two lunches! After lunch we bike some more,
take breaks as we feel like it, and bike even more; arriving at our
host site by 4 pm. More often than not we will stop at interesting
things we see along the way, you see so much more by bike than by car!
We bike in groups of 3-6 people, sometimes by skill, sometimes just
randomly. I've been biking with many different levels and loving every
moment, slow or fast :) After arriving at the host we unload the
trailer with all our stuff, shower, eat, give a presentation for our
host, and then hang out or explore the town we are staying in,
depending on how tired we are. Bedtime is 11pm when we pass out on our
thermarests, and then we do it again the next day.

That is a very general day in the life of a bike and builder :)

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Columbus, IN 88 miles

Mostly flat terrain today, but Very windy- it reminded me of all the
training I did back in MI in the wind. Woke up at 5am because it was
such a long ride, cleaned up the church after another overly generous
meal, and rode our bikes!

Not too long after lunch we biked by a ranch with chalk on the
pavement in front if it saying, "cute animals" chalk is such a great
tool! Anyways, we went down the driveway and proceded to meet, feedand
hold lots of animals! Camels, black bears, peacocks, water buffalo,
bison, deer, goats, monkeys, lemurs, donkeys and more! My favorites
were feeding and holding the three week old tigers, and holding the
two day old baby deer. Feeding black bears was cool to, and so were
the camels. It was great, we spent well over 2 hours there and were
late getting to the host church. This only meant we had to take hose
showers instead of regular and heat up our food in the microwave, it
was well worth the time. This ranch is a non profit that serves as a
rescue for many animals. In three weeks they are getting a liger! It
was great and I recommend it to anyone driving in the middle of
nowhere Indiana. Oh! And the baby llama named Twilight was super soft
and cute. I can't wait to show you all pictures of these awesome
animals!

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Cincinnati, OH Build Day!!!

We slept in today! 6:45 am! I'm using lots of explanation marks
because today we build!!!! The site we worked at had three Habitat
houses being worked on, all in the begining stages, we worked on the
roof trusses and building scaffolding. I was able to go into downtown
Cincinnati with the the building manager, Bob, and two other bike and
builders in Oder to get more scaffolding. It was really cool being
able to chat about Habitat with him and their new ReStore, it made me
miss my Habitats back home a little bit. After a little more roofing
it started to storm and we had to end our work day. I may have taken a
little too long getting to the vans, but I just had to help the old
men volunteers pick up the tools from the day! Showers then dinner,
and then Will's mom came to visit! She brought cookies, milk, and that
special motherly love which we all really appreciated Will sharing
with us. She was just fantastic! For the rest of the evening we sat
around in the grass, journaling, reading, blogging, chatting, playing
the "ha ha" game and scratching each others heads. Yeah, we are pretty
close with each other.

I want to give a shout out to the Iowa service trip leaving from
Allendale, MI, I'll be with you in spirit and you are all in my
thoughts and prayers. Go out and serve!

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Cincinnati, OH 51 miles

Short day today, and I rode with some new people too! I was able to
ride with Sharif, Emma and Mark throughout the ride today, 3 people I
have never rode with before and that was very nice, but Sharif
continues to make fun of my Michigan accent, which is extremely
evident when I say "Habitat for Humanity" (which I do a lot) and talk
about the "Aflak duck" Kelly sent me. Buy it's cool, I embrace my
accent. I ended the ride with Andy Mark and Emma, three very fast
riders who kindly slowed down enough to allow me to be a part of their
group. We stopped at two different bike shops and drooled over some
very nice bikes, Andy took some pictures. I held one bike that was
$11,500!!!! It was so light and nice! The roads were really rough and
busy coming into Cincinnati, biking in a big city that doesn't really
take care of their roads is quite an experience! On our way to the
Ymca to go swimming and shower!

The Y was wonderful and so was dinner! After dinner we had a big
cuddle session and nap and then went out to Salies Saloon for karyoke,
it was a great night filled with dancing, singing and laughter.

Ps I'm getting better at riding my bike without holding my handlebars,
but I still have to workbon picking my bike upsidedown over my head.

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Georgetown, Oh 61 miles

An eventful day! Chore groups changed and we are now in charge of
overnight cleanup. The ride today was a little stress ful due to some
unexpected hills, Ohio is NOT flat! There was one very steep uphill
thatvi made the mistake of stopping halfway up. Yes, I couldn't
breathe and needed to catch my breath, but stopping midway up an
extremly steep hill makes for a difficult time remounting the bike.
The first attempt resulted in me tipping over onto the ground (luckily
not pavement the second try my gears were messed up from my fall and
the third time I almost fell again. I seriously contemplated going
back to the bottom and biking up again, but i just couldn't bring
myself to do it. So I ended up walking my bike about 20 feet up the
hill to a flatter portion for me to get back on. I really wanted to be
able to bike across the whole country wihout walking my bike or riding
in the van, but no- I make it up the Appalacian Mountains just fine
but not an Ohio hill!?!?! I'm a little angry and disappointed in
myself. The downhill of this huge mountain was absolutly terrifying!
Very very steep with very very sharp curves, by far the most dangerous
decent so far. Four of my teammates crashed and one had to go to the
hospital. I was going 40 mph using my brakes, it was a little scary.
But we are all safely in Georgetown now, at a United Methidist Church
which provided us with hot showers and lasagna! Excited for some
sleep :)

Oh! We got mail today!!! Thank you so much Kate and Kelly and Mom and
Aunt Dianne for your mail!!!! It made a somewhat depressing day much
better! The food, kind words, news from home and other fun things were
just fantastic!

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Portsmouth, OH 60 miles

Yet another, "easy" day, everything feels easy compared to the mountains now! But there were actually a few steep hills to keep things interesting. We were able to talk to quite a few people to tell them what we are doing, and everyone is so inspired. Because we were on less busy roads today, we were able to ride side by side and talk more-the ride goes by SO much faster when you get to talk to cool people. The last 8 miles of the ride was on a highway with very busy, fast traffic and bad roads (holes, bumps, debris), but we all made it to the host church safely!!

I've been thinking about cutting my hair very short because it is starting to drive me nuts in my helmet every day, sweaty and hot. But I'm not sure...some guys on the trip are having fun with facial hair designs, but that is something I am unable to do :( Portsmouth is pretty small, we explored a bit and tried to cross the bridge into Kentucky, but there was no sidewalk and our trip leader was concerned for our safety. Our trip leaders are great, taking care of us all and making sure we have everything we need-they are the best!! Right now I am at the public library computer, but I still don't pictures. If you want to look at some I recommend you look at my teammate Andy's blog: www. andyreagan.com. It's pretty good.
Love you all!!!

Huntington, WV 50 miles

What an easy day! It's really funny to me how a 50 mile day with
rolling hills feels like a piece of cake now. Those mountains got us
in shape! Today was our last day in West Virginia, and we spent most
of the day on a busy road, so we biked pretty fast and didn't do quite
as much talking. Got to the church we are staying at early, 1:30.
Huntington is a great town/city. After dinner we explored a little bit
and ended up at the park, we played on the playground and walked
through the rose garden. A note of bad news, I think my camera is
broken :( but I can still take pictures with my phone and everyone
else on my team is taking lots of pics which I will be able to have
also, so I'm not too upset. It has been very warm, 80's and 90's, so
we are sweating a lot! Tomorrow we will be in Ohio, saying goodbye to
mountainous Wesr Virginia.

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Marlinton, WV and Summersville, WV

Marlinton, WV and Summersville, WV
More mountains!!! Lots of climbing both days, and harder than the
first. But we are now in West Virginia!!! We have officially biked
through our first of 12 states! WV is very very beautiful and hilly.
78 miles and 74 miles these two days. We were above clouds, and it was
very peaceful. After biking up mountains all day we finally arrived in
Marlinton, but we biked all the way through town and up another huge
hill before seeing a steeple-which gave us the extra burst of energy
until we realized it wasn't our church, we had one more hill to climb
to get to "Mountainview Church" appropriately named. At the church in
Milinton, after they fed us a ridiculous amount of food, we went into
the sanctuary and played and sang some hymns and other songs together,
the musically talented from our group helped make up the band- it was
great. What else that is great is yoga followed by back massages.
Nothing ends a day filled with biking through mountains better than
that. Except maybe swimming in the Summersville lake. My muscles are
just a little sore but besides that, everything feels great! I don't
feel like I can't walk, or like I'm going to die halfway up the hill,
I'm doing this, Im biking across America!!!!! (sorry, I'm still way
geeked out about this, especially as I see progress)

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Lexington, Va 85 miles

Lexington, Va 85 miles
Today we biked up, over and through parts of the appalacian
mountains!!!! It was insane! I, Kristen Dyke, biked up mountains. At
the top of the mount afton, there is the cookie lady's house. She has
been providing cyclists who bike up the mountain with cookies, food
and water since 1970 and has everyones stories and postcards and other
things in a "bike museum" It was so cool, talking to this old woman
and hearing her stories, and it was exactly what we needed after that
first big climb. We biked the Blue ridge parkway, amazingly beautiful.
Looking down after we biked up gives such a great feeling of
accomplishment and empowerment, in addition to a magnificent view.
Words cannot give it justice. In other news, I still have a huge
bruise on my calf from orientation when I almost fell but caught
myself on my pedal. Some people on my team say it looks like the face
of Jesus, others say thier dad or an alien, I don't see any of it but
we have some pretty creative people on this trip. Biking up mountains
is hard work, but awesome!!!

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