Touring Tip: Don’t follow the our route for these days. We will take you through hills with a 15% grade, people that say ‘hyu-hyuck,’ and you won’t get enough time to spend with your host. Make sure to look at the topography maps of the area, because these were planning-fail days.

We had amazing hosts each day, but getting there at 9pm doesn’t allow us to get past the basics. I’m personally a bit pissed about not being able to spend some time with our host in Wheeling, WV. He was cautious in the original days of when we asked him to be a host, even sending out a tweet polling his friends. After a few more weeks and him agreeing, he followed our progress with the same enjoyment as my mom. I may have to do this ride again with a 3-day stop in Wheeling.

Ohio welcomed us with a driver honking and opening the door in attempt to hit me. Luckily it ended with me holding a precious girl in my arms. She must have liked me because she didn’t drool!

This is Joe, with his helmet hair after day 11. (Notice the drained eyes and thoughts of setting fire to all the hills on our route.)

This is me half-dead on the floor while writing this post.

Hoping tomorrow will be different.