Yesterday 4/7/13 Orbisonia is a wonderful little town, emphasis on little (Only like one square mile total.) We bought our lunch for the next day last night at a super market just down the street from where we ate the most delicious pizza ever! (Mentioned in previous post.) Maybe it was just the low calorie levels, but hey, it was good enough to satisfy. This morning, we woke up and had a hearty breakfast of granola bars and eggs, before hurriedly packing our stuff up (in our case just dumping everything laying around into one big pile to be dealt with later. After that, we were off to 9:15 bible study, because we happened to be staying there the one Sunday that mass was held at 10:30 instead of 8:15. That church was something else, beautiful and old. My dad and I were sent off to talk to kids at Sunday school about our mission, and to collect prayers from anybody who wanted to write one, so we got to see the whole shebang. Below the main level, bible study was held in a small little cellar. complete with coffee, donuts, and cookies. Upstairs though, it seemed as if we had stumbled into the belly of a giant ship. After walking through the (lovely) chapel, we entered a room, where winding around the walls, a very old looking wooden balcony held kids trying to get to their classes on time. The reason it reminded me of a ship was because, everything was built from this old dark wood that resembled that of an old pirate ships. Further more, the room was slightly rounded and several smaller compartments that could be closed off as class rooms. Kind of like captains quarters. I don't know, the whole place just screamed "Ship" to me. Anyway, we got lots of prayers including one that said "I hope you get to Washington without getting run over, hit by a truck, or anything else that will happen to you." The only part I'm slightly worried about is the "Will happen to you." Part. There were also lots of cute pictures with good air and the bad air, lots of bicycles, and lots of kind words. After Orbisonia, the ride was basically uphill for about ten, fifteen miles. We stopped briefly to refuel at a gorgeous outcropping looking over fields of farmland, where a group of cows seemed to be in council. We stopped for lunch at Cowens gap, pitettes (Really mini pitas), cheddar cheese, hummus, avocado, dried pineapple, dried white peaches, and spicy dried mango (Not my fav.) The view was excellent, I'll be posting some pictures, getting there we rode along this road that was completely surrounded by trees and wildlife. Therep the were some rolling hills coming up, but after lunch a HUGE hill carried us down to the road. We missed our turn, which was supposedly going to be a shortcut, but actually would have been very hard to manouver especially with our packs. For the remainder of the trip we were riding along a busy road, a few annoying cars who imagined that the road was their domain would beep and drive uncomfortably close, but there were no casualties. Unfortunately we were going to take a picture by the border of Maryland, but we passed the sign without realizing it and ended up pulling over a few miles in and waiting for the rest of our team. at that point we were in Washington County, and only a few miles away from the place we were staying. showers, cots, soap, lasagna, zetee, and fudge! Compared to the church floors, our sleeping quarters were pure heaven! Unfortunately the wifi wasn't working so I am writing this two whole days late. Anyway, the day was pretty, the ride was HOT but smooth going. I'll be posting another one of these for Monday. Pictures below: us at Cowens gap