This morning I woke up feeling pretty sick. I had a sore throat most likely just from the dry air- I don't know if I could ever live in such a dry place! My stuffy nose was worse and my head was just congested in general. But I was happy that I was in a nice comfy bed instead of in our tent outside. Anne gave me some sore throat spray that helped a lot. It was a little slow going this morning, but once I got moving around I started to feel a little better. I had french toast and sausage for breakfast, which made me feel a little better too just simply because it's my favorite breakfast ever. Joe got put to work a little while we were here helping move furniture- it worked out great that he was here to help move stuff. Around 11 we headed off to pick up all of the stuff for the next leg of the journey. Lou was super nice and let us borrow her car to go to get everything we needed. It ended up being about a 15 mile drive to go to the only bike shop that we could find that had what we needed in stock. On the way, we stopped at REI and FINALLY got Joey his new sleeping bag. Now we shouldn't have to worry about us being too cold unless it drops below 20 or 25 at night. We also picked up a new bottle of camp soap for washing the dishes (the one that is almost empty now lasted us since Utah!). At the bike shop, we got 2 new tires, 2 new chains, 6 new tubes (just to be safe), and some more patches. Now we should be set to make it close to Florida if not past Florida. We made a quick stop at Wally world before heading back to the house. While I relaxed since I still wasn't feeling 100%, Joey worked on putting the new tires on the bikes. Later on that evening, we enjoyed a wonderful steak dinner with baked potatoes and broccoli. The steak was cooked perfectly- another wonderful meal. Not only did we have a wonderful meal, but Anne and Lou brought home the yummies chocolate moose cake for dessert! SOOO good! We feel like we are living in a little paradise here with the big comfy bed, great food, and great company. It is going to be hard to leave, but luckily we have one more day to enjoy before we hit the road again. For the rest of the evening, we enjoyed watching the finals of Dancing with the Stars- it was pretty intense! By the end of the day, my "sickness" was feeling a little better, so hopefully it will be all gone tomorrow morning, I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed! I guess it works out to be a little sick on the rest days instead of the days we are riding- that wouldn't be very fun!
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