Youngstown, OH
Total Distance: 55.4 milesTotal Time: 4 hours 13 min
Avg. Speed: 13.6 mph
Max Speed: 42.0 mph
Bike: Rain, rain, rain. Thats how the morning started. A few of us ended up going to see Batman Begins, which was pretty good, but we didn't get back until 1 am. So we were pretty tired. That same bunch of us decided to be sweep today and we had to wait until everyone had left before we did. So we ended up that the whole first part of the day we were cold and wet. I couldn't even see cause of the rain, and my legs were sooo tired. It was a long first part of the day. We finally came to a town so we stopped and had some coffee. But as soon as we were back on the road we were at the trailer for lunch. We ended up sitting in the van with the heat blasting. Luck was with us though because after lunch it had warmed up a little and the sun came out. We were all in better moods. We went over to a house that looked abandoned and on the way out of the driveway I skidded out and fell over. It wasn't bad except it looked doofy. Anyway, we finally made it into Youngstown and thats where the build part comes in.
Build: We came in though a part of town that was really run down and was in desperate need of decent housing. None of the houses I saw were suitable for people to live in and it really had an effect on me. It would be a great place for Habitat to have an effect on. Hopefully there is a strong affiliate here and they are making progress. I also how this trip creates enough awareness to get people moving and into action.
Ride on!
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posted by Todd Johnson @ 2:27 PM
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