ice blocking and river floating...aka awesome.

from left to right at supper (kaitlyn, Peter, Kevin, Eric, Jodi, Emily, Me)
Wow what an incredible weekend, after yesterdays easy ride (as i went slow) we have a day off. one of jodi's friends invited a bunch of us over to her house for a good meal and a nice sleep. our host Emily has been a superhost extraordinaire, i haven't seen anyone with this much get up and go since cheryl tromp. first her parents made us a delicious bbq rib dinner, then it was off to the recently deceased j.r. simplot's grass hill (i guess the guy owned potatoe farms and sold his taters to micky d's and was incredibly rich, but then gave the property to the state of Idaho) where we went ice blocking, a wonderful sport where you buy a big ice block, put a towel on it to sit and slide down the hill, and cruise. today we had a celebration rally that discussed peace (i just learned each week is supposed to focus on one of the fruits of the spirit) then it was off to Boise river where we floated down on inner tubes, with little rapids and everything, was an incredible two hour ride. i am burning through the money a lot faster than i planned which worries me...but just a little bit. as far as riding, i have felt a little fatigued and weak lately but i think that may be the 180k i just had, plus my lack of training starting to catch up. but the biking is really only such a small part of the tour, each day just brings me to new highs and i know that the tide will turn soon. hopefully i'm ready. if any of you would like me to focus on different elements in my blog posts let me know and i'll empahsize those areas, after all, this blog is for you guys. thanks for reading! enjoy