We woke up and packed our bags. We had an early arrival for lunch, so we had to wake up early at 5 AM. It felt like a different campus with the empty streets and the pitch dark sky.
For breakfast, the Rampton’s made us some eggs, sausages, and some muffins which was really good. A couple of guys did a challenge, of completing a 2 liter bottle of cola before cycling. 250 grams of sugar, 800 calories. One guy didn’t make it. Needless to say, this was not a challenge I would consider doing.
After breakfast, we hit the roads. Chris (Michigan State), Trent (Nebraska) and I decided to sweep for the day. The day was pretty easy, with the occasional stretches of bad roads. However, entering Ohio was pretty lame, imagine that.
We were cruising pretty easily. Then, at the 40 mile mark, 10 miles from our lodging at University of Toledo, we found out we were a little crunched on time, so we booked it to stage up, going at roughly 25 mph on flats. Once we finally got there, we met the Mayor of Toledo, and he rode his bike with us right in the middle of the U of Toledo campus. 
The arrival was pretty awesome, and was by far one of the best so far on the trip. There was a couple live feeds for the local news channels. After the Mayor spoke, the Pi Kappa Phi regional governor spoke, along with the President of University of Toledo, who told us to “just keep pedaling.” After the speeches, we moved into once of the banquet halls in the school, and they provided us a chipotle lunch along with some fruit. A couple staff workers from the school spoke about hardships in their life. Before the end of the lunch, the Mayor presented the school with a mural on two doors painted by a local artist. After the presentation, everyone had a chance to sign it.
We then went to a friendship visit, at the rec center of University of Toledo. We met up with a local organization called sunshine that works with people with intellectual disabilities. For about an hour, we just shot a basketball around. This one girl kept calling me a cheater. I did the natural thing and called her a cheater back. It turned out to be a good time.
After the friendship visit, we walked over to one of the dormitories where we checked in for the rest of the evening. After a quick shower, we drove the vans to dinner, at an Outback steakhouse. It was an early dinner, but who can complain about steak. We got a 6 ounce steak along with a baked potato. It wasn’t that much food, so we filled up on free bread by having a bread eating contest. It was either the smartest or dumbest thing we did that day.
After dinner, the day got even better. We drove about 20 minutes away to a spa clinic, where we all got massages. I was exhausted so I ended up sleeping for most of it, but I felt really relaxed afterwards. Chipotle, steaks, and messages…yeah, today was a tough day. We headed back to lodging where we had the rest of the night off. I worked out a bit, and fell easily to sleep after such a long but nice day.
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