Stats:
53.6 miles
3:45 ride time
(From the Bike & Build online journal I had to write this week…)
We left our hosts in Wellston, Ohio after a lovely breakfast and headed out for our 53mile ride to Flatwoods, Kentucky. (Horray for another state line!) Overall, the ride was great – not too hilly, not too long and the weather was beautiful! With the exception of a handful of flat tires, everyone was in great spirits and anxious to get to Kentucky. We even had enough energy for a mid – lunch dance party, which is always a good time! We cruised the last 13 miles into Flatwoods and were warmly welcomed by our generous hosts at the Advance United Methodist Church.
After we unloaded the trailers and got ourselves situated at the church, we did a bit of exploring around – it was such a great facility! We had access to so much space – a place for bikes, tons of room to sleep and even areas to hang out, play basketball and watch some movies!
The church provided us with an amazing meals during our two day stay in Flatwoods. The men’s and women’s groups even made a competition of who could prepare the best breakfast – eggs and sausage vs. pancakes and bacon! In my opinion, both meals were equally delicious! As of yet, we are unable to decide on a winner!
On the morning of the 30th, we all headed out to the Habitat build site in Flatwoods. After arriving, we met with the Habitat volunteers at the site and they gave us a little bit of background on their chapter, the specific project and the area. The house we worked on, was a three bedroom in a quite neighborhood just a few miles away from the church. Come to find out, the project is actually the first build for the chapter, which is such a huge milestone. It is really cool that we were able to be a part of their first build.
The build day was incredibly successful. We worked really well with the volunteers at the site and a lot of progress was made. The site directors were incredibly helpful in providing directions, helpful hints and demonstrations. Throughout the day, we started the construction of the front porch, sided three sides of the house, did some roofing work and a few of the guys did some work on the interior framing.
Seemingly, there was a lot of community involvement in this particular build. A few weeks before we arrived to help work on the house, Habitat sponsored a blitz build day where over 100 volunteers from the community got together in a church parking lot to cut wood and pre-frame the structure and walls of the house. This really expedited the build progress and it is really great that so many different people had invested time and energy in the project.
Habitat of Flatwoods provided yet another amazing meal at the church that night. Soon thereafter we promptly got ready for the next day’s ride passed out on our thermarests. On to Paris…
Look what we found! (Connor, Bree and me!)
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