Me and Zan

We built with Zan Friday, a refugee from Burma who is working toward getting his own Habitat for Humanity home. He was a pleasure to work with. Note all the homes in the background - known as "build a block," this area is all affordable housing built by Habitat. The homes appraise for $215,000 yet homeowners only pay $80,000. Homes are also energy efficient and well insulated, and utility bills tend to be fairly cheap. I've been very impressed with this group.


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Building with Orange County Habitat

One great part about our route is that we get to do double build days. We stopped in Chapel Hill Thursday and spent Friday and Saturday building. In the first day, we were able to prime a whole house, put up most siding on another, and prep a third house for priming. My neck is sore from all the ceiling painting yesterday, but I'm ready to go again today!


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At Duke

This one's for Molly :)


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On the way to Chapel Hill

We stopped in Durham and went into Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke. The doors were open and the building was fairly vacant. Check out all the banners in the background!


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At UNC

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In Wake Forest, NC

Today was our longest ride yet - 85 miles! Luckily, tomorrow is an easy day and we get to sleep in until 7. I'm off to bed. More later.

In the field

We picked 6 lbs! And paid only $8!


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We went strawberry picking

On our way to Greenville


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Day 3

We found a tower to climb to on the way to Greenville. Steve and I near the top.


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In Bell Haven, NC

Yesterday kicked off the first day of our NC2SD B&B2011 trip. We began the day with a wheel dip ceremony on the beach, and had many parents and local community members, including the club cycling team, come out to see us off. Due to a forest fire in Nags Head and tons of smoke in the surrounding area as a result, we had to shuttle in vans from a visitors center in Nags Head. We biked about 5 miles to the visitors center, were driven about 35 miles, then biked another 35 miles to Swan Quarter, NC. We enjoyed a fabulous dinner from the host church, and attended a ceremony celebrating our trip and the local high school graduates.

Today, we biked another easy 35 miles to Bell Haven, NC. Our hosts have been very accomodating and took us to community homes across the town for showers, and some even for a hot tub soak. I'm off to explore the town now. Stay tuned for photos.