Day 5 and 6

I'm on top of the world....or maybe only PA

Miles Biked: 60 + a rest day

Before I left for my trip the voice of my mother was ringing through my ears saying "don't lose your $75 sun glasses (which are really $150 sun glasses without or sponsorship)" followed by the sound of my father saying "he is going to lose those". As I awoke on Day 5 in Stroudsburg......I had lost my glasses, my wallet was missing, and I had slept on my neck wrong so I could not move it. Luckily for me, Miriam had my glasses, I dealt with my neck.....but my wallet with my life is still missing. I believe it is at the Stroud 7 movie theatres (although they haven't seen it there) after I watched "Knocked Up". I am angered that I lost my wallet watching such an average movie. If it was Transformers or the new Harry Potter movie, I would be a little more understanding. So for now I am borrowing from the first national bank of Pat Muha.

Yesterday's ride took us from the base of the the Pocono's at 325ft into the mountains. I'm now standing in Hazleton which is the highest city in PA at 1800 ft. So if you are asking if there were hills.......the answer is yes....and they sucked.

Apparently yesterday was unintended media day. We were stopped by a man from the morning call located somewhere around here who wanted to follow us. Along the route he took pictures. Pat and I thought we were front page material......which we apparently are not. Our picture didn't even make it in! But there are some cool shots of other members of our group on page 2. Our group also made it into the standard speaker, and two local news stations. We were the LEAD story for WLYN 35....which you can see here http://www.wylntv.com/ Click on watch on the right side, then click on 10:00 on Weds. I should pop open the link. Lead story...tells you exactly how exciting this city is.

Last night was truly the highlight however. It was Francis' 21st Birthday. We went to the only bar we could find called the "The Crystal BBQ and Lounge". I'm not sure how the place stays open because we were the ONLY people in the place. Happy hour started at 7:00 with $1 drinks and never ended. Drinks were drunk, the disco ball and dance lights were glowing, and HBC danced the night away. Craig (who we now call Gizmo) fell off a table and most of the guys took their shirts off to "I'm too sexy". Somehow we convinced the owner to give us free food and we are going back for lunch which I think is funny.

Other funny things include us biking through the town of "Jim Thorpe"(I find it funny they changed the name for an athlete from Oklahoma) and biking through the town of "Hometown".

What's your Hometown?
Hometown
I know, what is it?
My home town?
Yeah
It's Hometown
huh?

We have the day off to recoup in Hazleton today. Some need it more than others. I'll be calling credit card companies and banks all day. Hopefully I'll have some pictures up soon! Off to Sunbury tomorrow!