7/1- Yellowsprings to Rushville

Today we rode our second century, passed into Indiana AND passed over 1,000 miles for the trip.

I spend the majority of the day riding with Kyle R and Jose (amongst others) as we rode aggressively towards the state line sign. This time I was ready to use my Garmin to its full advantage in figuring out when to launch my sprint. Unfortunately, while the state line was defined by a road that ran right along the state sign, the state line sign started at the beginning of the second road that bisected it (To simplify this visually, I had to make a left from road 1 onto state boundary road 2 and then turn right at road 3 200 feet later. While beating Jose to the end of road one only to frantically look for a sign, he dived through the turn and took a narrow victory to the state sign.

After waiting for Kyle and then Jane and her father, we started again, when me and Kyle instinctively realized that today would be our chance to slap Jose’s ass and accrue 25 points to our contest (everyone else is worth 1 point, but since Jose is usually riding hours ahead of everyone, he is worth 25 points). We went for the doubletap, (for which we were successful), but in Kyle’s excitement he rode a little too fast and wound up in my back wheel and took a nice spill on the road. I was alrite, but he broke his helmet, cut through his chamois, and had some nice road rash to show for it.

After the excitement of the day, I rode with Kyle into town for the rest of the day, and were the first to get in, where we were met with great hospitality by our hosts. We also learned that Kyle was not the only one to take a spill for the day, as two of our riders had crashed after encountering a pothole and crashing, which required a trip to the ER. After getting a ride to the hospital, we waited for our two riders until they were released, and thankfully they were both okay for the most part.

The dinner that night was some of the best food we have had, and breakfast the following morning was by far the best food we've had so far. Rushville has been one of my favorite host locations so far as our hosts have had the perfect mix of great food, air conditioning and well wishes. (Also of special interest was the awesome inspirational non-denominational prayer the pastor gave us in the morning)