Thunderstorms = Ice Cream

I kinda cheated on this one because I had to do journal for the group's blog. So I just took the same one. Here it is...

Today was our longest ride thus far on the trip. The cue sheet read about 86 miles and most of us were nervous about the long trek from Palermo to Rochester, NY. The day started out looking gloomy with pending weather. As we began riding the weather turned around and we made some good progress until we got to about mile 60 and the skies turned black. A huge thunderstorm was about to pass through; luckily my group consisting of Rachel, Kelsey, Alicia, and myself were able to dodge the rain and stay dry at McDonald's. There Rachel worked her donation magic and got us 4 free ice cream cones. We enjoyed our snack as we waited for the storm to pass through and it was safe enough to ride again. When we got the go ahead, we set out to finish the ride. The rest of the ride was pretty easy and relatively flat. Others ahead of us were a little misguided by the cue sheet and ended up on the interstate for an exit (...oops). We arrived at Rochester Institute of Technology just before the next band of rain started again and around 6 pm. The people behind us were not so lucky. At RIT we were able to stay in dorm rooms and sleep in BEDS! During the night some of us set out to see Transformers 2, which turned out to be a big disappointment, but it was still fun. Tomorrow is our third build day and going to be a nice break from riding.