I'm Going on a Picnic

104 miles and 3,470 in elevation gain...That was just day three but there is more to be said about the last 48 hours in general.

OUR plan was to ride 67 miles yesterday but clearly other plans were already set. And all 11 of us are rather content in that. Seeing such amazing sites, Elevation gains and creation bursting all around. 104 miles was nothing.

We played games to distract us from the noise of trucks and the pains of our tents...

I'm going on a picnic and I'm bringing:

Apricots, Bananas, Carrots, Dragonfly's, Elephants, Fungus, Grapes, Huey Lewis and the news CD, Igloo, Jessica, Klondike Bar, Llama, Muskrat, Nicholas, Octopus, Pizza, "Cue-ball", Rocket Ship, Slurpees,  Triskets, Underwear, Volvo, Water, Xylophone, Yaks wool, Zebra Cakes.

Through out the day we talked to various people. One of which was named Erma. A teammate needed to use the bathroom and we were in the middle of NO WHERE in irrigation land. She was planning on peeing around a corner but I felt like this was an amazing opportunity to talk to someone, somewhere in which we had never been. We walked past the gate, got pounced by a dog and introduced ourselves to the this woman who was gardening. Her name was Erma. We explained what we were doing and we were hoping she would let us use her bathroom. She was so excited. We spoke for a good 15 minutes about the cause. As we left she gave us her blessing and I was filled with joy.

We hit head winds and tail winds but mostly heart winds. Sitting on the side of Soap Lake and being incredibly blown away by where God was moving our legs. Where he is carrying us to. We sat on a cliff side and just looked out. "I am just so glad to be here." 80 miles into nowhere, and we are so glad to be here. One of the most joyful things I've witnessed thus far.

50 miles into our 96 mile ride to Spokane WA, we spotted lightning and our day of riding was over. We rode the rest of the 46 miles into Spokane where the sun ended up shinning again. We are staying at Jacob Well. A church that reaches out to a lot of international families and refugees. There are actually refugees living upstairs who are from Burma. Burma refugees are one of the places in which we are on the road to raise money for! it all continues to fit together.

Attractions, nails in tires, lightning storms and laughing. There is so much to be crammed into just a few hours... It's only just begun.