rode my bike 30 miles yesterday. It was madness. I went with my friend Will again, and we were only planning on going about 10 or 15 miles, but obviously we ended up getting lost. It was an adventure and I loved it!! I never realized how many hills there are in and around Greencastle. Hills are my favorite thing in the entire world going down, and my nemicise on the way up. Not fun. Eventually I figured out how to use the 21 gears on my bike and stopped neading to walk up each hill. There were a couple of scary moments. The first one was when I was racing down a really steep, long hill at 30 miles an hour and a car was coming straight at me going at least 50 on this little country road. The second was when a pretty large dog almost had my ankle for a snack. It was a close call.
We left campus at about 11:30. Around 1:30, half an hour after we were planning on finishing our ride, Will finally agreed with me ask someone for directions back to Greencastle. We pulled up into the driveway of a very nice-looking country house and asked the woman who I presume lives there the way back to DePauw, the private liberal arts college in Greencastle. After she gave us directions, I asked her how far we had to go. She said, "Oh, about twelve miles or so." My jaw dropped. Eventually we made it back to DePauw, the best liberal arts college of all of the colleges of Indiana. Will was fine, but I thought I was dying. Oh well. Everything's fine now. Here are some pics of some of the sights.
This is an ear of dead corn that the farmers left in the field. We went for a walk throught the corn. I felt like Pocahontas.
We saw at least 30 of these old cars. It was like we had gone back in time.
We left campus at about 11:30. Around 1:30, half an hour after we were planning on finishing our ride, Will finally agreed with me ask someone for directions back to Greencastle. We pulled up into the driveway of a very nice-looking country house and asked the woman who I presume lives there the way back to DePauw, the private liberal arts college in Greencastle. After she gave us directions, I asked her how far we had to go. She said, "Oh, about twelve miles or so." My jaw dropped. Eventually we made it back to DePauw, the best liberal arts college of all of the colleges of Indiana. Will was fine, but I thought I was dying. Oh well. Everything's fine now. Here are some pics of some of the sights.
This is an ear of dead corn that the farmers left in the field. We went for a walk throught the corn. I felt like Pocahontas.
We saw at least 30 of these old cars. It was like we had gone back in time.
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