Dayton, Ohio

Today, we woke up early with the plan of taking bike trails almost all of the way until Richmond, IN, our destination. It was rainy and pleasant . We stopped for lunch in the metro park
and played with the geese. Upon leaving the park we discovered that the trail was flooded.
We had to climb up a levy carrying our bikes covered in dirt and goose poop in the rain. Then we had to ride through downtown Dayton. We stopped at Yummy Burger for second lunch. Eventually after riding on pretty busy roads, we connected up with another bike path and were able to make it as far as Lewisburg. Everyone was feeling very tired at this point so we decided to call the support vehicle. Tyler came to our rescue and drove us and our bikes to Richmond, IN, where was had a rest day planned for the following day.

More later!

Campus Progress

Check out Campus Progress, one of the generous sponsors of our trip!
http://campusprogress.org

on the third day...

we got started from richwood/magnetic springs/fulton creek evangelical friends church bright and early at 7:30 am. had to detour around an out bridge, adding on a few miles, and got to marysville for a breakfast break. it started to get pretty hot and windy and we ended up taking a nice long break in milford center under a pleasant picnic shelter, a swing, a slide, a nice hill to roll down and a pleasant rollin river. truck met up with us and kekkie and katie headed ahead for our very first workshop of the trip!! then there was a long afternoon battle with hills and wind, but in the end we made it to the unitarian church in yellow springs where bountiful food awaited us. finally the whole group was reunited again, and before long we celebrated by sleeping for a bit before getting on the road again. long day. good day.
love, linden

Day 2!

Today we got onto route 4 and had to deal with headwinds and semis. Fun stuff! We're in Richwood, OH and about to go to bed; we're really tired. Right now we're still figuring out how to schedule our day right so we ride at the coolest parts of the day and still have time to sleep and chill out. Tomorrow we are doing a workshop at 6:30 at the Living Green store in Yellow Springs, OH. It will be on passive solar heating and vermiculture!

P.S. Every time we stop for water, Ben finds us tasty plants to eat. We are all slowly picking up foraging skills.

P.S.S. This trip funded by Campus Progress!

on the road!

all right friends, the time has come! we have made it through our first day of biking! and the internet in the library is closing in five minutes. so, highlights.
we made it to shelby, oh, and are graciously being housed in shelby first lutheran church. after waking up obscenely early, we spent much time packing, cleaning and getting all kinds of last things taken care of. ben has a REALLY NICE BIKE, christened red rooster and jon b. has been rightly named its godfather. one time today we rode by a really big cow in the road. "wuthering heights" has been on repeat in everyone's mind, and that's the way it should be. the weather is beautiful, the people on this trip are incredible, and i'm so super psyched for the summer!!!

love, linden

note: this trip is funded by campus progress. katie is wearing the sweet shirt they sent us. thanks, campus progress!

1 day left

It's one day before we leave and we now have all but one "One Big Biker." We were joined today by John and Alex. Johanna will be joining us tomorrow. Katie's mom, a doctor, gave us a workshop on first aid. We went on a ride to Chance Creek near the Vermillion River, which is 20 miles round trip. Tyler was first introduced to Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights."

Here we are, living in squalor in Oberlin.