Since we were camping out, most of us were awoken in the middle of the night to strong winds. I wasn't sure if it was going to rain or not, but since I was laying closest to the tent door, I grabbed everyone's stuff outside and brought it all in. There was a tent that got set up but no one slept in. I looked out to see Chris desperately taking it down so it wont blow away in the heavy wind. This was hilarious to me, but apparently I was too tired to get out and help. It never did end up raining, thankfully.
Before leaving town in the morning, almost everyone stopped for breakfast. I waited with them for a while, but eventually took off with whoever else didn't order any food. The ride was pretty boring. Rt.66 didn't have the best pavement but for the most part was pretty flat. I rode with Casey and we were out in front. Kingman was the first In-n-Out we encountered and the west coast people had been hyping it up for the past week or so. Casey and I got into town early enough that we weren't hungry so we went straight for the host and planned on going over there later. We walked into the office of the church and began talking to the pastor there. We quickly realized he didn't know we were for sure coming, so it was a little messy trying to get everything set up. Turns out all the plans were made through the youth pastor, so there was just a lack of communication, so it all worked out. I took a nap while waiting for other people to show up. Most people bypassed the church and went straight for In-n-Out.
Eventually the van showed up, so we unloaded it and got everything set up for the night. The van dropped Melissa and Ellie off at the hospital so Melissa could have her shoulder looked at earlier in the day. The hospital was conveniently right across from the In-n-Out, so we convinced Kristen to give us a ride over there rather than forcing us to bike. I finally got In-n-Out for the first time in many years. I still don't see why people make a big deal out of it, but it's still fun to get things not found at home.
Tonight's Olympic challenge was the laundry burrito. Each team had to roll up the laundry tarp, load it into the van, close the door, then open back up, unload the van and run the burrito back to the starting location. We had Melissa on our team who was master burrito wrapper on our trip. We had a great strategy planned, studied other teams flawed and were prepared for battle. I don't remember our exact time, but I do remember that it was at least 20 seconds faster than the second place team. Our team remained in first tonight and even got bonus points for cheering on other teams.
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