Overwhelmed!

I'm going to have to apologize again as I will have to defer real updates until the next post. I've been getting behind, but often posting comes at the price of doing other activities in the current town. That and the 1-hour computer limits most libraries have instituted.

We're in Madison, using one of our 3 precious days off. Mom came up to Chicago and I was blessed with a bed for the evening. Having only been to Chicago very rarely, I was shocked and amazed at how wonderful the city was. I'm determined to live there at some point.

Also in recent news is the most fabulous costume to come out of Bike and Build costume contests: the human bladder. That's right, our most recent biking challenge (put in place to break up the monotony of a 70-mile day) was a costume contest. Christopher and I made a Camelbak bladder out of a dry cleanin gbag, blue trash bags, and vaccuum hose. Brilliant. Pictures to come soon.

Other than that, there's been violent Teletubbie encounters, river fordings, notes from high school boys left on cars, parties in Janesville Wis., bike clinics, awesome mail stops (thanks, Nana), cotton candy for breakfast (thanks, Mr. Lee), lunch in bogs, town hall meetings, Kangaroo court, and all manner of craziness. It's been great. I promise to elaborate soon, but for right now I have to go out and enjoy it! (I assure you the blog entries will become more prevalent as N. Dakota and Montana approach, provided computers exist out there.)

Shazaam.