Day 8?, yes, Friday, Day 8.

As you can probably surmise from the heading, I am (and we are) quickly losing track of the days... Not that they are running together but I am rolling on a fairly one track mind here.

Today is BUild Day ONe and those who know me well know how stoked I am for this day alone. LET'S BUILD!!! This is where my initial interest in Bike and Build was peaked. I am ALL about the building aspect of this adventure.

As an update for yesterday things were fine. I rode in the van owing to my killer fall--the bruise on my leg is bigger than any other I have ever had (and I'm talking about the size of my open palm hand big) and it goes in pretty deep. My hip has started to ache too and my shoulder as well so not riding the 35 miles of up-and-down hills was definitely a good idea. Dr. Thunder (a.k.a. Leader David) and I rocked out in the van and bought the biggest strawberries ever and cherries for the mid-morning water stop. It was a good time. Celtic rock music is quickly climbing the charts of my top music (Dave was in a band for a few years). We arrived in Chapel Hill before lunch and hit up the local fare for a change from PB&J and the pizza we have so graciously been provided for the past few days. I was never so happy as to see the spinach and romaine lettuce stuffed into my pita as I was yesterday. The afternoon was spent showering, on a computer at UNC's library, and shade-bathing on the front lawn of the gorgeous church where we are staying. Good times were had by all. A freshly made dinner, bike store run to try to get my wheel fixed :( , and some quality spent out in Chapel Hill rounded out the day.

So there you have it. I shall of course follow up later with details of this epic first build day.

ciao ciao. CVH