Today was Shamtastic!

Today the Shamrocks kicked some butt! (The Shamrocks is our team name...ask Liz about the shammies). This blog will be sporadic and listy, try to stay with me.

God must have thought he was Lil Wayne today, because he was making it rain. It rained pretty heavy this morning in the beginning of our trip, but then it let up as the day wore one. Then it rained a tiny bit more as we left Northampton Bike Shop on our way to Aunt Deb's. All in all, not too shabby.

When we first left Timy's this morning Bea left his cell phone at the Letson's house. While we waited for the incredibly helpful Mrs. Letson (who also made us a delightful breakfast of pancakes and bacon) we played a game of "I'm going on a picnic" here's how it went:

A:Apricots
B:Blueberries
C:Chris Farley
D:Dandelions
E:Elephant Dung
G:Giraffes
H:Hot Dogs
I:Ice Cream
J:Jumper Cables
K:Kosher Gefelta Fish
L:Lactaid Pills (so John could eat the ice cream)
M:The munchies
N:Nectarines
O:Oxford Sweater
P:Picnic Table
Q:Queen Elizabeth I
R:A raging alcoholic
S:Spare Tire (just in case...how ironic we'd need it later.)

We didn't finish, but I'm sure we will.

When we stopped at a gas station they were playing Kenny Chesney "Better as a Memory" which led into Keith Urban's "You Look Good in my Shirt." This led me to sing to myself, but out loud for a good distance. I sang, "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy,"
"Down" by 311, "Pardon Me" by Incubus, "Moondance" by Van Morrison, "Handlebars" by The Flobots, "Ticks" by Brad Paisley, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" by Cindy Lauper(?), "Love Me Dead" by Ludo, John sang "Tessie" by Dropkick Murphy's and later one we sang "Ain't no Mountain High" by The Temptations(?) as we climbed our final hill. It was pretty great.

I think today was the most fun we've had riding so far, probably because it was the least physically challenging day. We laughed a lot (Liz tried to Hula Hoop with a bike tire, then Quinn did the same...neither was successful), and we also performed some synchronized biking maneuvers (the diamond, the columnade, the five on a dice, a rocket ship, and then as we were riding down Aunt Debbie's block the boys performed the modified Yurgen Rotation, several times).

So here we are at Aunt Deb's blogging and feeling good. But, lest we forget, we did get a flat, it should serve as simple reminder to us to remain humble because as shamtastic as today was, who knows what tomorrow holds.

Keep praying for us! We're one day closer to our goal.

Go Yankees!

So it goes...