A beautiful day for a bike ride!  Only four riders today.  Trent did his duty and headed off to Conference and Rick got stuck at work.  The temperature was about 30 degrees cooler than Tuesday, and the hills were rolling and not as steep or long. That was nice.  The wind was stiff, and the average speed for the ride ended up to be 14.2 mph for a total of 56 miles.  That was fine with me. 
    The scenery was beautiful, and we passed some Amish folk on scooters, bikes and buggies.  We also saw a mule team and lots of farms and fields. Nobody fell over and nobody crashed.  The only bike event was a flat tire, which in my opinion (Steve) provided a perfect excuse for a nice rest break.  From that event is was less than 5 miles to the Willow Street church and I don't know about the other guys but I was really glad to see it.  There is some excellent soft grass in front of the church which we enjoyed thoroughly before we showered. 
    We are now happily ensconced in a nice large room with a very friendly carpet.  Rick has studied the maps for tomorrow and has found some 400 ft climb at a +30% grade.  Fortunately I have a reserved seat next to John in the van... 
 
    This is Nate speaking (The youngest member). Today during our 56 mile journey we rode past/close to 7 EC churches. I will say that this is the first day that all this riding caught up to me and i was lagging behind these old men for a couple miles.