"Niagara Day"

Well, the past few days have given us quite a few more challenges than expected but so far nothing has stopped us from moving forward.
Day 3 consisted of 150+ miles into a 20 mph headwind. While the route looked nice and flat on the map, I would have rather been climbing than cycling into the wind the whole way. About 70 miles into the ride we rode through a storm for about an hour. We got wet and dirty and when things looked most miserable, I got a flat tire. "At least it wasn't the back tire" Brian said. Little did he know that both of my tires were flat. We continued after changing both tires and finally made it into the city, satisfied beyond measure.
Day 4: Today we left the house around nine for the falls. Along the way we stopped at a bike shop because we needed new tubes and some air. The bike shop did not let us use a pump because "there's no bike service on wednesdays". A little frustrated we continued to the falls. They were incredible. After seeing the falls we started our journey back. Unfortunatly we had a slight accident that involved Brian on the ground and me running him over. Both pf us bleeding, people rushed out of their cars to help, but none had first aid kits or water. We only had sports drinks and we did not want to wash off our cuts with gatoraide. They offered to take us to the ER, but we knew that the ER was behind us and that it would only make our journey longer. So we used electrical tape and napkins to cover our wounds and continued. We tried to stop at another bike shop about 5 miles out of the way because my bike was badly damaged in the wreck, BUT there was no bike shop there any longer. We decided that our best shot was a 70 mile effort to the house we were staying at. We averaged over 20mph on the way back which is a nice pace for 70 miles. Upon arrival we immediatly took our bikes to a REAL bike shop for some quality work. We are safe and content and ready for another exciting day tomorrow.