Go 65.1 Miles. Turn Left into Church

Well I may have complained that I had climbed the biggest hill I'd ever seen, but I was sorely mistaken. I spent yesterday on "Sweep" making sure all of the riders made it in. We turned out of the YMCA to what was the biggest hill of the trip. We slowly climbed it, moved on and came to what was arguably the biggest climb of the trip. We slowly climbed it, ate some lunch, had an impromptu dance party and moved onto a tough climb up to the next host. The wind decided to pick up making it arguably the biggest climb of the trip. (Notice a pattern?) We arrived in Indian Lake, which is one of the last wilderness counties in the U.S. (no internet and no cell service). It was a nice little town. We woke up at 6:00 today to prep for our first 75 mile ride of the trip, and it was awesome. We only made one major turn which was crazy. We finally found those "rolling hills" we'd heard about and it made it much easier. I rode most of the day with Beth and we powered into Boonesville, NY. We walked the city for a while and grabbed some pizza from a very angry Italian man who thought we should surely buy one more piece. The good news is we finally have cell service so all of you who have been desperately trying to get ahold of me can call now. Overall, the last few days have been a blast with some major mountain climbing combined with belting out "The Climb" or "Climb Every Mountain" You'd be surprised how hard it is to sing and bike up a 9% grade at the same time. Luckily, I'm a multitasker so fear not. Hope all of you are well and feel free to send me mail! For more info go to nus.bikeandbuild.org and find info on mail drops. More later