a day off, making it a little easier to cycle through the day. Wake up was at 6AM followed by a sponsored breakfast put on by Lisa Swiontek which included bagels, coffee, fruit and pop tarts! It was a hot one out today with 100% humidity and a high of about 87 degrees. The terrain was beautiful as we took the back country roads to make our way to Oxford, OH. The ride today was 85 miles but with the tail wind made it feel even shorter. A lot of us were cruising at about 25 mph for much of the day. The countryside today went for miles landscaped with corn fields and soy bean plants giving the appearance of thousands of acres of rolling green hills, very pretty.
Today we had a road side lunch with which included the usual turkey wraps with chips and Gatorade. We arrived in Oxford around 2 PM and headed straight for lodging at Miami of Ohio University where the local Pi Kappa Phi chapter found a lodge for us to stay in for the night. After everyone arrived we headed over to the Pi Kappa Phi chapter for showers and dinner. They served up some hot dogs, burgers, beans, and pasta salad for the whole team. It was cool to see that about 25 of their chapter brothers showed up to support us even though only 5
are living at their chapter house for the summer.Tonight we were able to hang out with some of the other Pi Kapps from this university and really get to know them better. It was a very enjoyable night for everyone, even though it felt like 95 degrees because of the humidity here. Tomorrow we will be heading to Cincinnati, OH in one of our shortest days of the trip, 40 miles.
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