2 states in one day!

Yup. We did that. We're moving now!!!

We hit Bentonville, AR this morning, the home of Wal-Mart, then rolled into Missouri for a little tickle, and then crossed over into OK-Oklahoma!! It was a bit rainy and we delayed our departure from Rogers, AR (where we stayed in the rockin-est Recreation Center. Their facility was unbelivable) for a couple hours tilit cleared a bit. Most of the day however passed through rain.

We arrived in Grove, OK now and we're set up in a prety great church--they're making us dinner and they have wi-fi internet. It doesn't get much better than that.

Now in my last blog I left out the actual quote my friend, Connor, wrote. See the amended passage below with quote included:

"I gotta say I have this friend from UVA, Connor, who keeps sending me these wonderful encouraging emails and this morning I checked my email to find this:

I can't imagine what it must feel like to grind your way over the titanic imperial spaces of the continent; whenever I drive enormous distances like that across the infinite mountains and plains of the center of the country I always think of roaring choirs and the sound of the sea and absolute, unchecked potential.... The immense freedom of the bicycle, the comaraderie of the group; these are like the ideal road trip. You get fun and passionate and stimulating company and you remove the interference of the glass that fences around so much of our American world. And you're doing this incredible physical thing that demands so much of your body. I've been thinking a lot lately about how in the West we've really stopped doing the things humans are sort of built to do: we're meant to demand of our bodies and have physical adventures, and few enough of us ever get the chance.

Talk bout some awesome perspective. Our bodies are made for this kind of effort. It’s so great to have the opportunity and time and means to make something like this happen. So thanks to all those who have already helped me get this far. (It’s been a kind of introspective day today, can you tell?)" I love that kid.

So that's all for now.

CVH