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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