Did Somebody Say Wind?

Greetings everyone from the Central Daylight Time Zone!!!

It's been a great few days. We have been in Indiana and Illinois where we had a build day. When we got to Indiana I immediately had one song stuck in my head from last year's musical. Any guesses?

We have had some amazing hosts. We first stayed in a high school gym. It was big and loud. I found the drama room unlocked and found a futon to sleep on. Way more comfortable than a thermarest. We then continued on to Linton, IN where we only had to bike 45 miles. It was a nice relaxing and slow day. We only had to ride 45 miles and we also crossed the time zone line. So we gained an hour! We then rode to Effingham. There were a lot of jokes that day of "Where the effingham are we?" It was kinda funny but it got dull really fast. We then rode to Springfield where we stayed at a local Presbyterian church.

We had a build day in Springfield where we got to sheetrock the entire livingroom and some closets. I helped fill in dirt around the foundation and some people dug the trench to lay the sidewalk. It was a good day but it got a little hot. One thing that was cool is that some of us got to ride our bikes to the build site.

Today we rode to Pittsfield where we had a HUGE dinner with a lot of the community members. There was a great presentation and lots of questions were asked. We are all now at different houses. I am staying with George, Max, and Dan C. in this amazing house. The owner works with wood and was showing us a Walnut Bench that he was making. His wife calles it the Afternoon job that is now taking him a month.

Tomorrow we are riding to Hannibal, MO. We get to cross the Mississippi River. I CAN'T WAIT!!! The slideshows have been a little difficult to post on the blog so I will be putting them on my website. It’s http://sites.google.com/site/CrossCountryRyan . I love ya all and will chat at you soon.

~Ryan