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After a wonderful stay in Vancouver and an incredible trip all summer i am back at home, once again vegging in front of the TV. While the memories of how difficult and absurdly ridiculous some parts of the trip were are still in my head they are overwhelmed by how much fun I had. But the trip was genuinely more than just fun. I was able to work on a 10 houses across the country providing countless hours of work for people that needed it. The best part of working on these houses was working along side the future home owners, and hearing their stories.

Another great aspect of the trip is the church members and communities that helped Bike and Build. We were fed to our stomic's content nearly every night and the hospitality and the love that everyone across the country gave us was remarkable and heart warming. I cant thank them enough. All of them made this trip so much more enjoyable and just incredible. I admire those cyclists that can go across the country by themselves, but for me, those warm meals and the talkative people made every night a new home instead of just a place to sleep. Especially after those long windy and wet days camping. Their was nothing better than to arrive to a church with snacks and cold water with church members awaiting to cook us a nice warm meal. I cant thank them enough!

As of my fellow bike and builders. We share something that is unique to us and will stay with me forever. We have struggled, sweat, and overcome mountains like Washington Pass together. Not only did we all survive we all made it with smiles and laughs along the way. I owe my ultimate thanks to my fellow riders and my fearless leaders. Without their attitude and individual personalities this trip would not be nearly as good as it was. I will miss them dearly and hope to see them in bike lanes shortly.

To my readers. Thank you for baring with my terrible writing and spelling. I understand my blog was not the most interesting or the most dramatic but i hope you enjoyed staying with me on my journey. So thank you and i loved the support and the comments all along the way.

Totals:
Me------------------------------Group
3939.7 miles--------------------114251.3 miles
6303.52 km----------------------182802.08 km
271 hours 10 min on the bike----7863 hours 50 min
72 days-------------------------72 days
3007404.58 tire revolutions-----87214732.82 revolutions
~1575880 pedals-----------------~45700520 pedals
$4,200 raised-------------------$175,000 raised
128 pb&js-----------------------3584 pb&js

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