Finally updated!

Alright, I know I haven't updated this since my second day, but give me a break! I've been biking all day, everyday for 25 days.
That excludes rest days.
Today, Friday, July 24th is the 26th day of my trip. It is currently a rest day. I am in Rapid City, South Dakota, and am pretty interested in seeing Mount Rushmore's evening lighting ceremony. I have seen Rushmore a couple of times before. Once during the day, and once during the night. I have never seen the lighting ceremony, however. Every time I see it I think 'Man! I should make something like that!' Unfortunately, even though I think I'm pretty good at coming through with whatever I set out to do, no one would believe that I could do something like that. I guess I'll just have to do it all by myself... :)
Tomorrow I bike to New Castle, Wyoming. It's about 78 miles, and my route goes right past Mt. Rushmore, so I should have a lovely (Albeit difficult) ride out of South Dakota. It's hard to believe I've been in this state for 5 days already! That won't be anything compared to the 8 days spent in Montana I'm sure!
Anyway, until next time!

-Gabriel

Ps. I'm going to try to keep this thing updated better, and hopefully start uploading photos as well!

Second day finished.

I am sitting in my hotel room in Farmville, Virginia after sitting with my legs in ice water for 15 minutes, napping, and then taking a luke-warm shower. I biked about 72 miles today, through the back country roads. It was very very nice ride! Everything was beautiful. Farms, woodlands, plains, fields of corn, and very few dogs chasing me! It was too good to last however, for I came upon a gravel road that I was not expecting, and couldn't ride on it because I put street tires on my bike. After I went through the hubub of putting my bike in the back of a Toyota Camry, I drove on a couple of miles until I found pavement again. I got my bike out, put the front wheel back on, biked around and the corner, and..... More gravel. Oh well.
Anyway, I'm sure I'll have more to share in my video blog in the next few days. Thanks for reading!
-Gabriel