Ponca City

Just a mile into our ride, we had an accident – Angela versus hole in pavement. The pavement won. With a deep gash on her elbow, it was evident that she needed stitches. After Emily wrapped it up, I walked her to the support van with her arm up above her head – to keep the wound above the heart, and to make her look like the Statue of Liberty. After being told that she did not need to hold her arm up that high, I responded: I know, its just funnier this way. With the van busy at the hospital, we were on our own for lunch. Luckily it was not an extremely long day (73 miles) and we stopped at Sonic / gas station for some lunch and to refill water. The van caught up with us towards the end to refill our water, as several people had run out. To make Angela not feel left out, I managed to wipe out riding 50 miles into the ride, when I went to give Maura a boost up the hill, hit a rock and wiped out. I am fine. Handlebars had to be readjusted (took most of the fall), rim trued (straightened – at the end of the day, it was still ride able), shoes scratched up and the smallest of scratches on my arm. For how hard I went down, I was lucky. We stopped in town at Dixie Dogs, who had happy hour – half off ice cream. I felt guilty getting a cone for only $0.45, so I ordered a 2nd one. Upon walking in to the church, we were welcomed with snacks and a bunch of string cheese and other cheese assortment (so good). Dinner was probably the best vegetarian lasagna I have ever had. We showered at the high school across the street and I took the laundry crew down the street to wash clothes. It never fails to get weird stares as we bring in our laundry in 2 big blue tarps. I guess some people use laundry baskets.