Good times...

So, you might wonder what we cyclists do on days that aren't too long or difficult. Besides taking enormous detours to add on extra hill climbs, we do manage to find other ways to amuse ourselves. For example, on Monday while biking from Boise to Mountain Home, Idaho we stumbled upon a pirate ship sitting in someone's front yard. We then began thinking up choreographed moves that we could do as we rode past other riders, for everyone's entertainment. It began with the Macarena, then transpired to moves such as the Sprinkler, the Shopping cart, the Lawn mower,and the Canoe. There may also have been a jousting duel between me and John Elzinga mixed in there as well. Keep in mind, this was all done riding no hands down a deserted highway... and no animals were harmed in the production of the short films mentioned above... (i'll try to post some of these later, but the network is struggling at the moment)
Later that day we stopped at a bike shop as we entered the small town of Mountain Home, and found a pair of training wheels. A good handful of us each pitched in a few bucks and we bought them with the intention of putting them on the bike of our head chaplain, Len Riemersma. I rigged it up after dinner, and later that evening during the Peloton meeting we presented his bike to him. We explained that we wanted to make certain that he would be kept safe throughout the tour! Pastor Len has a great sense of humour, and is doing a great job of sheparding this flock. He's a joy to ride with, and he has a great eye for photo opportunities - here he is on some type of harvester:

Today, we arrived in a town called Gooding, where Jenna Zee and I hit up a couple local thrift stores. I scored a retro suit jacket and slightly matching tie, as well as some aviator sunglasses, while Jenna picked up a nice blue frilly dress. We looked pretty stylin cruising down Main Street in our old outfits and expensive bikes!

Sadly, none of the local bars have the tv channel we need to be able to watch the tour - yesterday we swarmed the local bar with about 30 people to watch stage 10. Hopefully we'll be able to catch up in the next town. Well, good night to you all!