In a week this trip will be half over, and we will be in Colorado Springs preparing for our Blitz Build. I can't believe that we have already biked halfway across the country, and that we have gone almost 2000 miles. I'll be honest, it doesn't always feel like sunshine and roses, but at the end of the day when I sit back and think about what I've done so far and what I'm doing, it's still a pretty incredible feeling. We left Oklahoma yesterday, which was a blessing. The people were very generous, but the terrain was not fun to ride at all. It was continuous rolling hills, and head winds for most of the state, so it was nice to finally get out of it. A couple of us climbed the state-line sign for Texas, which was pretty fun, but the rest of the day's riding was pretty rough. There was about an 8 mile stretch that was slightly uphill and into a headwind that Sebass and I basically raced each other to get through it as quickly as we could. It was draining, but it felt really good to power through it and finish it. Later we had to ride on a gravel road for about 7 miles which wasn't very fun, and I fell and landed on my broken elbow. It hurt a lot, and I skinned my knee, but I kept riding and ended up getting to the host location first. It was a pretty discouraging ride, but it felt good to get to the host, and I saw a lot of farmers combining wheat, which was pretty cool. It made me feel a little more at home. Today we got some luck and had a nice tail-wind, and it helped a lot. Sebass and I got up to 30 mph for about a mile stretch, which was a lot of fun. I hope the winds are behind us again tomorrow, because it makes riding a lot easier.