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We were warned of storms and I woke up thinking it was still night time. The storm over night passed but a new one was rolling in.

I packed up my stuff quick in hopes of getting to breakfast before the rains came. I made it to brushing my teeth before having to hide out in the bathroom with Ed, Austin, and Nick as the down pour came.

Finally made it to breakfast about a half hour late as the rains were letting up. By the time we were all done eating, it became a slow drizzle.

This wasn't the last of it though; you could see another storm rolling in. I picked up the pace and took advantage of a slight tailwind as I hit the first SAG stop.

Gatorade in the bottles, I headed out as a drizzle began again. I was hoping to make it to the 2nd stop before the rain so I could wait it out in a town with a restaurant.

Side note: We are riding through towns that don't have food other than convenience stores and bars... and bars aren't open for eating at 7am.

I made it to about 5 miles out from the second SAG stop as the rains caught me. I hid out at the stop with Catie and Brendan, discussing dreams, and what it takes to be a "ride leader" on something like this ride.

When the rain let up I hit the road with Catie riding all the way into sunny skies as we hit a new state: Minnesota!

We were bored and decided to enjoy the good weather and become the ad hoc welcoming committee to the Minnesota sign.

Finally hit the road again and rode with Patty C. for a little bit. I'm trying to get some ride time in with everyone so it was good to get some 1 on 1 with her. She's originally from South Jersey, so needless to say she's cool in my book.

I rode ahead a little later as I got anxious to get off the bike and got a 2nd wind. Arrived at camp to unload the tent and shower.

Started working on the blog when I was interrupted by the info that people were going to the bar in town. Hit it up with Catie, Rachel, and Letty and later by Doug, Ruben, Ed, Austin, and others.

Side note: It was Ed's bday so we started celebrating right then and there.

Around 6 we walked across the street to hit up the pizza buffet at Pizza Ranch. True to form, I ate about 12 slices of pizza, 3 sundaes, some fried chicken, and fries. The goal was to close out the buffet, but by 8pm I couldn't look at the pizza without feeling ill.

On the way out we noticed the SAG SUV's lights on so we headed back into the bar to let Dan know. This turned into another party and some good pool games. Some hours later we finally headed back to camp where I updated my stats online and did little to no blogging.

Sun down hit and it was time to sleep.