Day Eight - Getting To Nowhere Fast

Day Eight – Getting to Nowhere Fast

Daily Brief

We left the Gwilliams house, had our fastest day yet and ended up with plenty of time to do whatever we wanted to, in the middle of nowhere.

The Ride

Leaving the Gwilliams house we hit the 84 fast, and kept moving fast. In fact, we cruised through 60 miles by lunch time at 12:30. Bonnie provided lunch from Taco Time which we all enjoyed, along with an hour or so to nap and relax. After that we hopped back on our bikes and were done with the ride by around 3:30 PM. This was probably the smoothest day yet. Finding ourselves with plenty of time we worked on some fundraising details, played Hearts and Euchre, and tried to make our way into the Snake river. This time only Shaun made it all the way in the river. It wasn’t just because it was cold, the river was low so it was muddy and all kinds of soggy presents kept floating our way. The Burrs and bugs didn’t help.

Just for the record, Chandler won hearts, Chris was a close second. Bonnie and Parry took the Euchre game against Chris and Chandler.

Oh, and it’s great to be rolling down the highway and Shaun starts yelling out NO. NO. NO. It caught me off guard at first. It’s not because he disagrees with you, or because we are going the wrong direction. He’s got this hands free head set thing and he uses the voice activation as he’s riding to talk to people.

The real highlight came when Chandler made a prairie dog trap. Using common household items, he engineered the classic pull string trap that you would think only works in movies and cartoons. It was comprised of an upside down laundry basket propped up by a stick. A string was attached to the stick so when you pulled the string it would move the stick and make the basket fall. At first the bait was an entire thing of Peanut Butter, but we had an uproar about using perfectly good peanut butter, so it was decided that only a few crackers with peanut butter would be used. And the results…we caught one! Don’t worry though, we let him go, although he probably didn’t make it though the night. Coyotes came and dug out some Prairie dogs holes in the night.

As a side note, we’ve also discovered that Chandler can sleep anywhere, anytime. All he has to do is prop his head up with his arm and he’s out, in McDonald, in the Van, anywhere.

Daily Stats

Distance: 81.45
Time: 5:02
Avg. Speed: 16.1
Max Speed: 31.9
Total Distance: 534.82

P & C Pushups:150