Corps of Rediscovery 2002

Summer 2002'

Wow! So much to say about this week of our journey of the corps of the rediscovery. We visited the town of Paducah, Kentucky, see in my opinion i think this town is in the category of unique because it is the only town in the state to be named after an Indian. We went to the National Quilt Museum which has extraordinary quilts! But after a blink of time i had the lights of red white and blue flashing right in front of me escorting me through the Ohio river from Kentucky to Illinois. I know its not that great and you shouldn't be that happy from just getting a few drinks along the ride of our journey......but try doing it in the temperature of 110 and being on black ass-fault boiling on our hot, dehydrated, and hungry bodies. When your having an adventure like we are having your aren't really worrying about how we looked, or if our nails are clean, or how disgusting the pools of our sweat is. But i guess it was time to get a haircut so the guys went to go get a haircut at the barber shop and the girls went to go and get theirs also. Wednesday was a very special day because it was Roxy's birthday! Wow who knew you could have such a great birthday! We first had breakfast at the great Waffles House which filled up my tank! but since we had to burn some of that fat off we went to Six Flags! That's a day any of us won't forget. One last thing i learned is that riding on flat land isn't always the best because everyone always says "O well because its flat land which is easy, you probably don't need a lot of stops!" Well that is completely wrong because you do need stops! So during our riding of the flat land a lot of us were wishing we could be rolling up some uphill instead so we could take a break!
P.S. This was a very busy week that i will never forget, and i want to thank John for making this happen for me!:-)
~Michael R.