Today we rode to Vinita, Oklahoma, home of the world's largest McDonalds and birthplace of Dr. Phil. I rode my second sweep day of the trip with Hillary, who was very entertaining. Riding weather was beautiful and sunny, and while temperatures were hot, they were not oppressive and relatively dry. In short, today could not have been a better sweep day.
We rode from Missouri into Kansas for 12 miles and then into Oklahoma. Unfortunately since we were taking local country roads there were no state signs for either one.
I spent the better part of the day practicing riding without hands and chatting it up with Hillary. Before lunch the group found a river that we all swam in, which continued the otherwise pleasant mood everyone seemed to be in.
Right before lunch I made the day exponentially better by negotiating my way at some local chicken place to donate to the group fried chicken for the group, mashed potatoes, mac n cheese, baked beans and biscuits and gravy. Since the van was located only a mile away, I created makeshift mussette bags for this abundance of food by employing what I learned in Bicycling magazine and tyed a plastic bag to each arm of the bag loaded with food and then tying these two arms together creating a way to carry the food to where the rest of the group was. (picture of my gluttony and pride in my hunter-gatherer status to be uploaded soon)
After arriving into Vinita and showering, we loaded up the van and visited the world's largest McDonalds. (It stratled the highway interstate). I decided to celebrate this by ordering the largest
mcdonalds meal, and put down a Big Mac with fries and a coke.
I also presented my affordable housing curriculum project tonight
I spent the better part of the day practicing riding without hands and chatting it up with Hillary. Before lunch the group found a river that we all swam in, which continued the otherwise pleasant mood everyone seemed to be in.
Right before lunch I made the day exponentially better by negotiating my way at some local chicken place to donate to the group fried chicken for the group, mashed potatoes, mac n cheese, baked beans and biscuits and gravy. Since the van was located only a mile away, I created makeshift mussette bags for this abundance of food by employing what I learned in Bicycling magazine and tyed a plastic bag to each arm of the bag loaded with food and then tying these two arms together creating a way to carry the food to where the rest of the group was. (picture of my gluttony and pride in my hunter-gatherer status to be uploaded soon)
After arriving into Vinita and showering, we loaded up the van and visited the world's largest McDonalds. (It stratled the highway interstate). I decided to celebrate this by ordering the largest
mcdonalds meal, and put down a Big Mac with fries and a coke.I also presented my affordable housing curriculum project tonight
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