The ride into Farmington was a century but it was so so enjoyable. The day was mostly down hill and the weather was beautiful!!! We had a tail wind most of the day which also mad the day wonderful. Dance party at lunch, ice cream, peeing behind random bushes. This was an excellent day. Our host loves Bike & Build and has hosted us for the past few years so as soon as we arrived at the school they had snacks and drinks ready for us. They had shuttles for the showers at the local YMCA as well. Dinner was a pot luck and we actually ate with several members of the congregation. It was really nice talking with members of the community about what we are doing and why we are doing it. I enjoyed meeting a women who works at the nature center here in Farmington. After dinner we gave a presentation and then everyone kind of spread out. Some watched movies, some played guitar, some told jokes, others just spent time one on one with each other. I really love this team.
The next day we built with an organization called ECHO. We actually did a demolition and started a rebuild. Riding to the build sight was fun. I spent most of the day measuring and cutting boards. Others worked on the roof and other s took care of scraps and did some landscaping. Lunch was provided by ECHO (subway!!!) And our sight coordinator challenged the team to a hammering contest. Most of the guys took a swing at it, I think Kelly was the only girl to take part. After lunch we finished up on the build sight and headed back to the host.I took a short nap before leaving. My chore group was in charge of running a bike clinic for some local kids so we headed over to the community center. A handful of kids showed up and none had bikes but we did meet one boy who loves to bike and is seriously considering Bike & Build when he turns 18!!! I really hope that he does.
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