Day 42 - Sabbath in Madison

Ever since I was quite a bit younger, I can't even remember actually - I've wanted to go hang gliding. Two of my wonderful uncles both do it - so i figure, someday I'll get to go. Well, things just always have a way of working themselves out dont they? I just happen to go on this bike tour that just so happens to go throught Madison, Whisconsin where my Uncle Rik just so happens to live. We end up in Madison on a Sunday - our day off - so I get the day to do whatever I want. Well, if this isn't just awesome enough - the tandem hang glider is ready to go - and the weather is great for hang gliding - all I can say is - Hallelujah! It was so aweomse! Unfortunately there were no mountains in Madison to jump off of (that's usually how you hang glide) so we got pulled up by a tow plane instead. This was still pretty cool - and the whole hang glididng experience was awesome. We went up to 3000 feet, managed to stay there for a while before we came back down. I also got to meet my two cousins Lucas and Keely, man it was great to see some family! Thanx uncle Rik!

That's not the only sweet part about this weekend. Along the way, this tour has both picked up and dropped off cyclists. Its always difficult to say good bye, and exciting to intigrate new. One of those great riders decided he liked us all so much - Joel Pel (rode from Seattle to Boise) suprised us all in Madison and it was awesome. A bunch of us spent the evening playing dutch blitz, egyptian war, and spoons - but spoons had a fork, and at one point a pizza cutter. Anyway, needless to say it was SO MUCH FUN and loud - very loud.