We made some oatmeal this morning on our picnic table then packed up our camp. We were riding by 9:30 this morning and were pretty excited since we knew we would have a warm showers tonight. Our ride today wasn't as hilly as it was the last couple days. At one point, a 3 legged dog ran after me. There were cars all over the place and I was afraid he would run right out into the road, since that's probably how he lost the one leg, so I stopped and he ran back to his house. After riding for about 45 miles we made it to the Indiana/ Michigan border. We took pictures by both state signs, since there was no Michigan sign when we crossed over on the ferry from ON. We enjoyed the beautiful sunny weather, and even saw a guy water skiing on the river we rode by. When we made it to Elkhart, we called our Warm showers host to get more specific directions to his house. Not 2 tenths of a mile before reaching his house, Joe got a flat, the first one of the trip. Guess it worked out ok since we didn't have to stand on the side of the road to change it! After taking nice hot showers, we enjoyed some of the yummiest chocolate milk ever that our host, Neil, made and had some pleasant conversation with Neil and his friend. While Joe planned our next days route, I worked on trying to figure out a way to upload pictures to the website, since our tablet doesn't let me upload them directly to the site. Dinner was very awesome. We had pieces of steak that were smothered in a secret sauce, shrimp, peppers and onions, cooked over a fire pit. We all ate with chopsticks, it was so neat! I'm not sure if this has a specific name, but this was something that Neil got to experience while he was in China. For dessert we had ice cream and moose cups! After dinner, Neil and his friend took us to the Jubilee House in town, where we spent some time with some of their friends. Neil explained that the Jubilee House was a place where individuals could live for free through doing volunteering and community service; there is a certain food and gas allowance given to the house so the individuals work together to decide what to purchase each week. While at the house, we enjoyed some homemade wine and music performed by a couple of the housemates. They sang and played the guitar, mostly song that they had written or adapted themselves. It was a very enjoyable evening. We rode 60.40 miles today.
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