6/28- Steubenville, OH to Newcomerstown, OH

“Two muffins are sitting in an oven. The first muffin says to the second muffin, “Man its hot in here” The second muffin says “OMG, a talking muffin”- Sofie Turrell

We resumed normal bike duties today, biking a full day before coming to Newcomerstown, OH.

Some of the highlights of the day:

- I rode with the front group most of the day, enjoying mostly rolling hills (AND MORE RAIN...HOORAY!!!)

- Kyle and I played the ass slapping game during the morning, singing the Jaws tune and laughing our heads off. The game, which started in Pittsburgh, involves using your right hand to tap a riders left butt cheek that you are passing. There are many strategies to this game ( whose rules are much more complex then are worth writing of) which includes 1) starting later in the morning so the opportunity to pass more people arises, 2) stopping to chalk routes which creates the same opportunity within a smaller group of riders, 3) riding close to the yellow line which prohibits riders from getting near you, 4) calling car back to get riders riding together to single up, etc... Everyone's butt is worth 1 point, with Jose being the exception as he is worth 25 points. He has promised anyone who gets him to be in a "world of unpleasantries". Kyle and I are not phased.

- Right after passing a statue of a giant giraffe, we met two MIT students biking across country for the fun of it on mountain bikes, although they were closer to their destination than we were, as they were biking from LA to Boston.

- Ohio has ALOT of corn...acres, and acres and acres corn

- That night we participated in the town parade which celebrated Cy Young, who was born in Newcomerstown on this day. We met the local state senator and won $20 in the parade for the best dressed bikes, which sounded like a donation to me.

- The church also had set up a movie for us at night, and I got to watch Semi-Pro with Will Farrell, which I thought was really funny.