Oh man. Sorry this took so long. The thing about sleeping in churches and YMCAs every night is that internet access is minimal, and the thing about biking through the Appalachians is that personal interest in internet access is minimal. But I will do my best and not quit my blogging attempts (like a certain sibling I know).
So the day started off at about 4 AM with traditional airport duties. I woke up and realized I really didn't train and really knew nothing about bikes, and questioned whether this whole biking across the country thing was an intelligent idea. But I got over it pretty quickly, and eventually arrived at the Norfolk airport where I met Brian (Idaho native, just graduated from Colby College in California) while waiting a bit for Beau, Sonya, Eli, Dylan, and James to pick us up. Stuffing all of us in 2 cars (with our bikes and gigantic bags) was a nice bonding experience and made me less nervous about the trip. After a little drive we showed up at Virginia Beach 2 hours ahead of schedule and met the leaders, reassembled our bikes, and tried to figure out what in the world we were doing with ourselves. More and more people showed up and everyone opened up pretty quick. I guess this kind of trip isn't for the timid. We got lunch and ate it on the beach and had a delightful time until 2 when orientation officially began. We had icebreakers (one involving shoes, another involving scars, etc) and safety talks. One guy came in and told us about Virginia Beach's problems with affordable housing which was really awesome because, to be honest, not many of us know much about it.
Be right back!
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