Day 13

We're slowly equipping the joke that is the kitchenette in our suite hotel room. As Bryan remarked, it seems more suited for housewives throwing a wine and cheese party than five hungry cyclists living on a budget. Besides a refrigerator, a small sink, and an electric can opener, we pretty much were working with a clean slate. So far we have acquired paper plates, a rice cooker from Costco, a knife and a hot plate from Target and silverware from the hotel buffet. It's a pretty posh lifestyle.

Arriving back from our ride, we were greeted by the destroyers, otherwise known as Trevor's cousins. At five years old everything is fascinating, especially five thousand dollar carbon bicycles with all sorts of cool buttons to push. Luckily everything is still intact, and Trevor will be spending some quality time with his family over the next few days (and even more importantly away from us; we can be a little trying at times).

Dinner tonight was hosted by David Dewitt and his gracious wife Julie. They were very accommodating of our strange dietary habits (most people in the Midwest aren't gluten and dairy free), and provided us with a delicious meal and a refreshing change from the rice, quinoa and mixed greens diet of the hotel room.

Once again, Bryan was off the bike today (get better Bryan, we need you!), and he took many of the photos in the blog.