the mississippi heat

our build day in tupelo was very successful- when we got there there was just a lot with some cement blocks (the longest build day i have been on but we accomplished a lot- i left at 6:15 pm) we got the floor completed and the place was ready for some walls by the time we were done

boy the build day was hot!! i think everyone can agree the mississippi heat is a tough one... we were all sweating (not the average sweating but dripping sweat by the cupfuls... our build day shirts quickly turned dark blue before lunch)

just when i thought i had sweated every ounce out... today we had our hottest ride yet. in the first 30 minutes beads of sweat had already formed on my arms and shortly my sunglasses broke so i went sunglass-less which was probably not good for the eye balls but quite refreshing

today's ride was prerty cool because we rode on natchez trace parkway (the same one as the one in nashville) i was 203 miles away from nashville

today was quite eventful... i got my first flat and thanks to zac and kern for being there to help me change those tough gatorskins (i went through 3 tubes... it turns out i had an actual hole/gash in the gatorskin itself...boo- thanks kern for that extra gatorskin, i owe you one)

i rode with lizzy the rest of the way after lunch and we felt every bit of the humidity.... it was miserable to say the least but high: an awesome ice cream, snow cone, shake stand YUM! we got some tasty icy treats 2 miles away from the church and boy was it worth it. i had some blue bell's pralines n' cream and southern blackberry cobbler ice cream mmmm thats what got me up the last big hill to our church

tommorrow ready for a 5:30 am wakeup call...woo anything to avoid the heat