After my last entry, I packed up my trailer and headed up the road about ten miles to meet up with my friend Jodi at the high school where she teaches and coaches tennis. We had lunch and I thanked her again for her parents taking me in and feeding me. You always appreciate good home cooked food more when you're living a very basic and rough life. While living in Niger the only thing I missed more than family and friends was food, more specifically my mom's cooking. Once lunch was over, Jodi headed to the Bahamas and I started pedaling again.

53 miles later I pulled into the Jonathon Dickenson State Park with just enough time to set up camp, call home and make some peanut butter tortillas for dinner. I woke in the morning to a very slow start. This being my first time camping on this trip, I didn't quite realize the amount of time it takes to break down camp and repack the trailer for the next day. So I finally got onto the road around 9:45 am and took off on what would be the longest leg of my trip so far.

I had a lot of motivation to get to my friend Ben's place in Melbourne, FL where he's in grad school at the Florida Institute of Technology. We served as Peace Corps volunteers together in the same region of Niger so I was really excited to finally catch up with him. With this end in mind I spent seven long hours on my bike and made it over 90 miles finishing at the gym on campus where Ben works. The word "tired" doesn't quite do my body's state justice. I drank a LOT of Gatorade, showered, and sat for about two and a half hours resting until Ben got off work.

I'm going to be spending the next several days resting, trying to schedule talks at the local Rotary club and any schools that are interested, as well as preparing for the next leg of my trip. I will keep ya'll updated as things progress this week. Thanks everybody for keeping up with me and my trip, all of your comments and support are a major source of inspiration and motivation. Feel free to contact me at any point!