So today I decided to ride my grandparents old house today. I had this ride planned for about a week and wasn't going to let anything stop me from completing it. The day started off a bit later than usual. I could actually sleep in this morning, it was only an extra hour but it was nice. Got up did some stuff and went to breakfast where Mary, the breakfast cook and server, made the best breakfast taco's. It consists of eggs with cilantro, tomato, cheddar cheese and on the side is sour cream, salsa and tortillas. After breakfast I headed down to Starbucks got myself a coffee and headed to Econ. By this time its 9 am and i'm sitting in class counting down the minutes just so I could get out and ride my bike. Finally 9:55 roles around, I head back to my room get changed slam a Powerbar, this was a new flavor for me, and headed out for my ride. But this wasn't a normal ride. It consisted of 15-20 MPH head winds all the way out. After cruising at about 15Mph I finally made it to Berlin. It only takes about 30-40 minutes on a normal day, today it took an hour, not the best mental motivator, but I told myself nothing was going to stop me from completing this ride. I kept pushing on and picked my way through small towns and wide open fields with no tree cover to shelter me from the wind.
After 2 plus hours of riding straight into a head wind I finally made it into Saxeville where one of my favorite childhood restaurants is. Its the cross roads cafe on the corner of Hwy A and Hwy W. If your ever in the area stop in and get some great diner food. Its typical diner foods like scrambled eggs with toast, pancakes, sandwichs and burgers with fried onions, which smell amazing after a long day in the saddle.
Still on my way north I make it to 24th lane where I passed this bridge. Its kinda hard to see but this bridge, which I'm pretty sure my grandpa help build, is a small bridge but holds some great memories. As a kid I never did anything fun on this bridge but just the memories of driving through/by it signaled we were almost to grandma's house. So I new I had to be close. I turned north, straight back into the head wind and pushed for about another 4 miles. In this 4 miles, 2 dogs where laying outside and must have found me to be a threat. They came running and barking like crazy straight towards me. The owner comes running out of the house yelling at the dogs. They stop about 5 ft from the property line and bark at me while I cruise by. In the city you have to watch out for crazy drivers, in the country you have to watch out for stupid dogs and farm animals, like the chicken which almost flew right into the side of me about 28 miles into my ride. After this little mishap with the dogs, I finally make it to my grandparents old street. I turn on it and a chill runs up my spin signaling where at grandma's house.
With no car in the drive way, no lights on in the house and all the front blinds shut the new owners are must be gone. To bad other wise I would have gone in and introduced myself. It was a great feeling that I have finally ridden my bike to her house. It seemed so far away when I was younger, now to think i've ridden my bike there. Now that i've made it this far I figured what the hell I'll keep on going to our old fishing grounds 
Once I got to Gilbert lake, I ate my lunch, a sandwich and Clif gel, and turned around. Now with the wind at my back I was cruising at 20-25mph with ease. It took an hour less to get home then it did going out. After 80 plus miles in the saddle I finally got back. My legs are trash and I have a nice new burn line developing on my upper quad. I showered, did some laundry and ate a late lunch early dinner. I thought i'd try and study a bit for finals, this sounded good at the time, until I sat down and found I couldn't focus. This lasted about 35 minutes until I couldn't keep my eyes open. I crawled into bed and took a nice nap. After waking up 45 minutes later I headed to dinner, then to a special speaker on campus. The event was called mind your money. A guy, I don't know what his name was because I got there late, talked about different financial things. The main reason why I went is because you had a chance to win money. After all was said and done Sam and I were the only two who didn't win money. So this guy let both of us take a grab out of the money bag. Sam grabbed first and pulled out a 5. With one bill left in the bag, I reached in and pulled out a $20. Not to bad for only answering what does your credit score affect. After, I headed back to my room and finally got a bit of studying done before finals next week. I can't believe that my first year of college is almost done, time flew by. Also it's only 10 days till Iola, I can't wait to be racing with the Pros. This year Ill be rockin #18 for Wheel and Sprocket/Vision which was started and run by Nathan Guerra.
Still on my way north I make it to 24th lane where I passed this bridge. Its kinda hard to see but this bridge, which I'm pretty sure my grandpa help build, is a small bridge but holds some great memories. As a kid I never did anything fun on this bridge but just the memories of driving through/by it signaled we were almost to grandma's house. So I new I had to be close. I turned north, straight back into the head wind and pushed for about another 4 miles. In this 4 miles, 2 dogs where laying outside and must have found me to be a threat. They came running and barking like crazy straight towards me. The owner comes running out of the house yelling at the dogs. They stop about 5 ft from the property line and bark at me while I cruise by. In the city you have to watch out for crazy drivers, in the country you have to watch out for stupid dogs and farm animals, like the chicken which almost flew right into the side of me about 28 miles into my ride. After this little mishap with the dogs, I finally make it to my grandparents old street. I turn on it and a chill runs up my spin signaling where at grandma's house.
With no car in the drive way, no lights on in the house and all the front blinds shut the new owners are must be gone. To bad other wise I would have gone in and introduced myself. It was a great feeling that I have finally ridden my bike to her house. It seemed so far away when I was younger, now to think i've ridden my bike there. Now that i've made it this far I figured what the hell I'll keep on going to our old fishing grounds 
Once I got to Gilbert lake, I ate my lunch, a sandwich and Clif gel, and turned around. Now with the wind at my back I was cruising at 20-25mph with ease. It took an hour less to get home then it did going out. After 80 plus miles in the saddle I finally got back. My legs are trash and I have a nice new burn line developing on my upper quad. I showered, did some laundry and ate a late lunch early dinner. I thought i'd try and study a bit for finals, this sounded good at the time, until I sat down and found I couldn't focus. This lasted about 35 minutes until I couldn't keep my eyes open. I crawled into bed and took a nice nap. After waking up 45 minutes later I headed to dinner, then to a special speaker on campus. The event was called mind your money. A guy, I don't know what his name was because I got there late, talked about different financial things. The main reason why I went is because you had a chance to win money. After all was said and done Sam and I were the only two who didn't win money. So this guy let both of us take a grab out of the money bag. Sam grabbed first and pulled out a 5. With one bill left in the bag, I reached in and pulled out a $20. Not to bad for only answering what does your credit score affect. After, I headed back to my room and finally got a bit of studying done before finals next week. I can't believe that my first year of college is almost done, time flew by. Also it's only 10 days till Iola, I can't wait to be racing with the Pros. This year Ill be rockin #18 for Wheel and Sprocket/Vision which was started and run by Nathan Guerra.
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