I finished school about a week ago.  That was a huge relief.  This was a really hard and long semester.  So now that I have a little bit of time, I decided I would actually write something on my blog, since I haven't touched it since Christmas break!

Some updates on my ride this summer...About a month ago I decided to switch routes from the South Carolina route to a route that goes through the Southern U.S.  I will be starting in Jacksonville, FL and traveling along the Gulf and building in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area.  I will be ending in San Francisco, CA and I will be starting a couple of weeks later.  My start day is June 10th now.  I am really excited about this route! (not that I wasn't excited about the other) But this one has been growing on me.  We will spend a week building in New Orleans area and ride through places like the Grand Canyon, the Navajo reservation, Lake Tahoe and ride into San Francisco by way of the Golden Gate Bridge.  It's going to be a REALLY hot route because we'll be riding through Arizona in late July and early August, but it will be worth it for the beautiful sights.

I just completed a 350 mile bike ride for Habitat for Humanity of Indiana called Cover Indiana.  It's a ride that I do annually and goes to fund Habitat homes around Indiana.  It was the beginning to my training for the summer.  I got a very sore butt, but had a blast.  My dad rode for the second year in a row (he's obsessed with biking now) and my mom drove the SAG vehicle and did a wonderful job of picking up broken bikes and people.  She learned the key to being the best SAG driver is to have the most bananas in the back of your van :) We had some crazy days, riding through thunderstorms and then riding through waist deep water the next day (but that was my fault because I decided to not take the new route that was planned around the flooding!)  It was the best adventure of the week though.  If I can figure out how to post pictures on here I will put up some of the pictures from the ride.