Making All Situations Awesome

So today was so full of all sorts of adventure. Aunt Mary Faith is very good at predicting routes because we are in Libby tonight and took highway 37 here along the koocanusa lake. I started the morning with chris and Michael and Sarah, but the road was weird, and we couldn't tell if we were going uphill or downhill - only by the speed and effort put into our bikes. We think it's because the rock cliffs went up at an angle skewing the visual look of the road. Anyways, this is the view I had all day:



I rode for about 6 miles by myself and it was sweet because I stopped and all I could hear was nature. It's a cool feeling.

Lunch was atop a cliff, where people made rock towers and I pelted lesil with silly string and water ballons for her birthday.

After lunch, we wanted to swim but were above the water level. So we found a road to take us down there - problem is if you go down you have to come up. The water was freezing, but that didn't stop us, in we went and it was awesome. Then coming back up the hill, it turned out didn't take as much effort as we thought, so that was just as good.

Coming into town, we saw another swimming opportunity so in we went again, then laid around for a while before getting back on the bike. I'm learning to take any situation and have fun with it. It rocks.

After dinner was town hall where we handed out the competitive grants. These are grants affordable housing organizations submit that we as a group discuss and then allocate out the money we raised to do the trip. It's pretty cool - so I'll be reading those apps over the next few days.

Sam and I had a heart to heart tonight about bike and build ending and what life is gonna be like after. He brought it up becuase he's at a cross roads - and I think alot of people are on this trip. I'm obviously in a different spot because I have a job when I get back. And I'm very glad I do. But it's also good that the people who don't have plans can talk about it together and figure stuff out. We are all at formidable points in our lives and people here have the potential to do big things. I think part of this trip is getting to know yourself and figure that out. I've learned I'm happy with where I am at. Anyways enough of that.

Stats of the Day:

Total Mileage: 74.58
Avg Speed: 14.02
Max Speed: 36.19

-- Diane

Location:Libby, MT