I told Suzanne that she needs a new look because this one is taken.
We are glad she is here taking care of us, because we are dragging a bit.
It's getting tough to keep going, but there are only 4 days of riding left. Yesterday we got to take showers at a YMCA! Tomorrow we are going to the Appomattox Courthouse Museum and then riding the rest of the day.
We are running into larger towns and went to a bike store in Radford, VA, a college town, and got swindled for two new tires for Peter's bike.
But I'm not bitter.
We went to WalMart and bought new biking gloves, because ours were so worn that our hands are aching at the end of every day. And when we wake up in the morning. And just around suppertime.
There are churches next to churches and across the street from churches here. One street we rode down had 10 churches in less than a mile. Each has an historical plaque explaining that it was founded in 1781 by Thomas Paine or Henry Clay, or it was where Abraham Lincoln made his First Communion. There are churches with special names like "Homegrown Church of the Real Truth Disciples." We passed a church that had a marquee that said on one side: "Man's greatest possession is God." On the other side it said: "Love God as you are loved by others." Then I hit a pothole and swerved to avoid a car.
Yesterday I was stung by a wasp. It just flew up and stung me on the elbow. Now my elbow itches like crazy. This is my new elbow:
Peter's latest Hai Ku Activity:
Across the US
Bicycling all the way
Saw the Sky....and Cows.
Body parts that hurt
But we ride on every day
The roadkill is gross.
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Our new portrait:
Adorable picture of Suzanne Bieber. Brady was super-enthused that he got that joke without any assistance and knew who was on the poster. (Ha ha - I guess it's because Paty always tells him he looks like a young JB.) He also liked hearing a few historical references, as he is super into history now. We've been reading lots of books about the Boston Tea Party and the Am Revolution since we are going to New England in the fall - and he loves this little animated DVD series I got from the Library called "Liberty's Kids."
ReplyDeleteYou look terrific, sans giganti-elbow.
Loved the Haikus, too. In honor of that, Brady wanted to send you a Haiku of encouragement. It's not really a Haiku, but it is fairly poetic-sounding, and he says it's a Haiku, so here you go:
Go, go, go
Go, go, go
Go up this hill
Go up this hill
Go up this hill
Go up this hill...
NOW!
Hope that gets you off to a great start tomorrow.
Love to you all!