Arriving in Chapel Hill

Hey everyone, we've arrived in Chapel Hill and will be working with Habitat for Humanity here for the next two days. I've gotten to explore the campus a little bit, which is really nice, and a bunch of us are going out tonight which should be alot of fun. The ride in today was pretty short, under 40 miles but we're getting away from the flat grounds near the coast. There was a pretty good amount of climbing as well as decents, I topped off at over 40 mph on one of them.

Last night we were hosted by North Wake Church in Wake Forrest. They were really nice as all of our hosts have been. They got us Pappa Johns for dinner and fed us breakfast as well. They also had a bunch of cold Gatoraid waiting for us as well as a box of massage equipment, which went over really well. It was my turn to drive the van coming into Wake Forrest, which was nice because it was the longest, hottest day we've had so far and it also had the most hills. Although I feel like I missed out on the first really tough ride, but there will be plenty more that are much more challenging. Last night we all went out to a go-cart track and then went out for ice cream afterwards. It was nice to get the whole group together doing something fun outside of a host location.

We were in Greenville for the night before Memorial Day. We stayed at a vacant house owned by the Program Director for Pitt County Habitat for Humanity. There was a youth minister staying there as well who found some people to supply us with a huge meal for dinner, and one of the riders had a connection to a resturaunt that gave us a bunch of grilled chicken sandwiches, chicken strips, and ribs; so we ate really well there and had alot of leftovers for lunch the next day.

I'm still loving what I'm doing and I'm really excited to get into the Build portion of Bike & Build over the next two days. Chapel Hill should be fun, and we have alot of support here as many of our riders are from here and the local Habitat chapter is the biggest beneficiary of our trip.