century ride

right now i sit in mcdonalds on someone elses computer as the one i was using just died. its been such a trip to do anything online. today's ride was a welcome easy ride with only about 50k, yesterday was only supposed to be 74k but ended up being 180k with over 4000ft of total ascent. 17 of us decided to take on a challenge and do a mountain ride before the days ride. it was only supposed be a 15k ride that hooked back up. we ended up getting down the other side of the mountain only to exhaust all the roads and realize that the only way to our route was back up the mountain. in the end our little detour was 100k and 4000ft of ascent. i was not a happy camper, just ask john vanderveen. overall spirits are high though and i'm really enjoying the laughs and good times with all the other people here. today i was so happy as they started breakfast an hour later as we had a short day. i finally got to get up on my schedule AND get breakfast. i only think i've had the breakfast 3 times this tour. otherwise i just eat bananas and granola bars. on a sadder note i got my first flat a couple days ago which was very dissapointing as i had visions of making it all the way without a flat. its funny because everytime someone gets their first flat they're hopes are dashed. right after my flat lawrence got two and in turns out we were like 2 minutes from the camp. sweet anyway this computer is in hight demand and i have to go. to the banks, i'm sorry for not making my payments, to my parents, sorry for not calling, and to the rest of the world, sorry, im just having too much fun to talk to anyone esle...enjoy!