Most people took it easy since there was no need to rush. But after cleaning Hugh last night, he just wanted to cruise, so that we did. I left the church a bit behind but caught up with most people and finally caught Isaiah at the front. I only caught up because there were some slight hills but then the flats came and he pulled away. Then, my rear tire decided to give out and deflate 9 miles before the lunch stop. A quick change and I was back on the road. Looking at my tires though, they have lots of small pock marks in the them. Thursday's mail drop I'll be getting a new set of tires for my bike, perfect timing.
The only highlight of today's trip was our lunch stop in the town of Nashua. We stopped at Bergies, a cafe and ice cream parlor. We didn't really need all the eating, but all of us took a long lunch and feasted. I attacked a banana split.
The church in Wolf Point made blueberry pancakes for breakfast and they were possibly the best blueberry pancakes I've had. Fluffy. Tender. Fresh blueberries. Brown. Mmmm. Sean didn't like the pancakes at the church and skipped breakfast, so he ordered a regular pancake at the lunch stop. He had no idea what he was in for. It was served on this frisbee-like plate. The scary thing? There's also a large on the menu. That's served on a pizza pan.
Our spot for the night was the Bethel Evangelical Church in Glasgow. It's quite the nice church and even a bit hip. Seth, the pastor, is young and totally tricked out the place for his congregation. The sanctuary had high-tech A/V equipment which we used to have our presentation in. They were in the process building a basketball court/multipurpose rec room. And, their eating area had a large screen with projector that was hooked up to a WII. It was quite the odd sight to see us playing Medal of Honor on the big screen, shooting up Nazis.
We all arrived at the church rather early and had plenty of down time. There was a flat panel TV in their library and a collection of videos to watch, church videos though. We settled on a video that documented how Harry Potter is reviving witchcraft, especially among children. It was quite ridiculous and laughs were had all around.
After the presentation, we read this week's K-Court. But the more important thing, we set forth the rules for Assassins. It's a game that begins tomorrow and basically, we're all trying to kill each other. We all have names and need to kill that person, once you kill your person, you receive their name and keep killing. To kill someone you need to throw a balled up, clean sock at them and make contact. You can only kill during the lunch stop, leisure breaks during the ride or before dinner, and outside of the church after dinner/presentation. I don't even want to think about how much we'd be all over the road if we were throwing socks at each other during the ride. So, that'll occupy us for the next day or so. We'll see how long I last.
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