seatoseastehouwers: Beginning of Week 7

Tuesday, August 6 – Laingsburg to Imlay City

My day took off to an amazing start! We had French toast for breakfast! From there the day only continued to be spectacular until about 30 miles in we ran into rain… Which then went away, we dried out, and then came back harder and longer than before. But it wasn’t cold out like yesterday so we were just fine. For biking through Flint we were told to most definitely ride in groups of 2 or more, which resulted in some groups of up to 15 forming! Normally the largest group each day will be like 7 or 8 people. This means that the SAG stops were temporarily overwhelmed as each new group came in and that people who often ride with the same group met other riders and groups while biking today. By now it is 3:00 and most of the riders are in camp, maybe up to 15 left? So now it’s time to sit around and rest and contemplate what might be for supper. I’ve heard that meals are going to be different due to what foods can or cannot be brought across the border into Canada and then ~10 days later back into the US… So I expect that we will have a lot of fresh produce/fruit tonight for supper. We’ll see! Tonight we are allowed to sleep inside the high school due to expected rain later this evening and overnight. Hopefully it’s dry out when we wake up for breakfast and more biking. Tomorrow is the border crossing and I think that the Canadians are going to force everyone to hit up Tim Horton’s once we’re across! I’ll try to compare it to Krispy Kremes and Sweetwaters…

Monday, August 5 – Grand Rapids to Laingsburg

Today we took almost the exact same route as they did in 2008 from Calvin College to Sleepy Hollow State Park near Laingsburg. And it was an awesome day! Albeit a little chilly at the beginning (49⁰F). We had great weather and only 63 miles to do in the entire day after a weekend. Eric took a detour early on to meet with a friend or two, John left before the rest of us were anywhere near ready, Sherry and Larry took their time but still had plenty of the day to sit and enjoy, and Joel rode with a person Larry talked into joining last minute on Saturday. I still can’t help but think how crazy it is that she took half a day to decide, join, pack, and get ready! For supper we had corn on the cob that a rider and his family donated from their farm/fields and it was fantastic! We also had applecrisp, cherrycrisp, and ice cream for dessert.

And here are some more pictures from last week that I had taken and hadn’t gotten onto the laptop for the blog…