Finally out of New Hampshire

Today we crossed our first state line! Out of New Hampshire, into Vermont, finally...
So, tell me why lately whenever we have to bike, it decides to rain, and as soon as we get to our destination it gets all dry and sunny. Today we had what was supposed to be our hardest day of the entire trip. We climbed a crazy 6 mile long mountain called Bethel Mountain in Vermont and it was ridiculously steep. At some points, I was pedaling as hard as I could in my lowest gear and was still going slower than I would have been if I was walking. And it was raining which was not really too fun. Going down the other side of the mountain was pretty terrifying in the rain, and there were some crazy trucks that didn't care about driving 2 feet away from us as we're flying down the mountain in the rain. I was legit nervous...

But so far, the trip has been amazing. The group seems to be getting a lot closer now, and we've done plenty of biking and building. The other day somebody pulled out a map of the US and we looked to see how far we had biked and how far we had left to go. We'd barely made any progress. Everyone started laughing hysterically because we kind of realized how crazy the next 8 weeks were going to be. The church we had been staying in the last couple of days while we worked on some houses in New Hampshire was amazing. They loved having us there and they gave us sooo much food. I was shocked because they would actually come at like 5:30 in the morning to make us pancakes and waffles before we'd go out and build or bike. They're the complete opposite of the church we're staying in now, who are like crazy strict about keeping everything super clean and organized.

Also, I got a few days to go and explore Dartmouth's campus. I hit up a really good breakfast place and then went to the bookstore and a bike store. Basically, did some good shopping after finishing up at the build site. I really like the school, the campus is beautiful and its got a nice small town atmosphere which I feel like Stanford is missing.

But yea, I've got to make this quick as we're having dinner soon and I should head back to the church. I'll be back soon tho.

Also, random side note that I'm pretty proud of. My last blog entry was done in the Dartmouth library while I was in full spandex gear soaking wet while people looked at me like I was a lunatic.