We rode into Kalamazoo two days ago. I wrote the Official JOH journal entry for the first day in Michigan when we rode to K-Zoo. The entry isn't posted yet, but once it is I'll try to put up the link since I don't want to re-write an entry for that day.
Today we rode from Kalamazoo to Lansing. We started with a continental breakfast at the Sherman YMCA last night, which is near Gull Lake. Today's ride was a little hillier than yesterday, but it wasn't bad. The pace was pretty high; for a while we were cruising on the flats at 24-25 mph and going uphill at 20 mph with no wind. We rode in near downtown Lansing and could see the top of the capitol, but that was about it. We also rode through part of the Michigan State campus and right past the Breslin Center where the basketball team plays.
We arrived at the Lusters' house here in East Lansing just before lunch. Ben Luster was a JOH rider from UofM who rode in 2006 and his parents' and the parents of a couple other former riders sponsored the team in Kalamazoo and Lansing. I hadn't met Ben before today, but had a chance to chat earlier today so it was cool to share experiences. They provided us with goodie bags that had Michigan JOH t-shirts, a window sticker for our cars, and snacks, which was awesome.
Actually all of the Lusters' neighbors prepared us dinner and are generous enough to put us up in their homes tonight, which is incredible. It's awesome just to be in a house, as weird as that sounds; it really gives a sense of normalcy to be in a house, even someone else's house.
Tomorrow we ride to Ann Arbor, which is incredibly exciting because Mom will be there as well as Matt and Sherri. Plus, it will be cool just to be some place that I know.
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