Making headway

We are over a third of the way across the country. Looking our route tracker is beginning to become far more impressive. In just a few days we are going to have crossed into our fourth state.

Our first day not spent biking or building was just a few days ago in Memphis, TN. Memphis was a really powerful experience. The day that we got in we were invited to an Urban Salon hosted by a professor of urban development and a few individuals who are highly involved in working work affordable housing initiatives in the city. The organizations differ from any of the other programs that we have worked with. One of the speakers was from United Housing, Inc. The organization focuses their efforts on buying up foreclosed houses, fixing them up, and then selling them to families at a very affordable price and low mortgage rate. The speakers were very well informed and were eager to answer any question that we may have had.

Today's build day was a lot of fun. Tomorrow we have our longest ride day of the trip. 101 miles. I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep before our hard day tomorrow.