Brad Lohmeyer

Epilogue

A few weeks before the ride, I went to a dedication ceremony for a Habitat house.  I listened to the new owner speak, and heard others tell of his story. 

Money we raised from last year’s ride helped build this home.  Many of you donated last year, and this is where your money went.  I felt proud to be a small part of it, and you should feel proud too.

One of our trip leaders quoted Mother Teresa; “What we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”  The work Habitat has done in Lafayette would have been less without your support.

If you’d like to contribute to our cause, there’s still time.  You can send a check here:

Lafayette Habitat for Humanity
420 South 1st st.
Lafayette, IN 47905

Just write “Cover Indiana - Brad Lohmeyer” in the memo of the check.

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Day Seven - Last Day

Last night the church asked that the men and women sleep in separate rooms.  No one protested.  The next morning, the men discussed how their room had been a symphony of manly noises that no woman’s ears should ever be subjected to.  Perhaps it was for the best.

Our police escort out of Plainfield didn’t show up on schedule, so we took to the road without them as one massive group.  Leaving the city, Dionne and Austin started cranking away and shot out ahead of the group.  I hugged their back wheel and followed them out, as did others.  About a half dozen of us did a group time trial for the next 10 miles.

We got to the regrouping location at mile 15 and took group photos.  Then our police escort showed up!  Riding through Indy with police sirens blaring is always a good time.  At the end we had pie and ice cream, and listened to speeches from the leaders of the rides.  It was a fun day.

They had a bus for those of us who needed to get back to Lafayette.  I read more of my novel the way up, nearly finished it.  I still have 30 pages to go.

It was a fun day :)

Day Six - Tiki Hut

In years past, we spent the last night in camp camby; sleeping on bunk beds, playing dodgeball and kickball (a.k.a. The world series of cover), and listening to Jon woo us on the piano. So when we heard that camp camby was cancelled, we were bummed. Sleeping on another church floor? Who’s idea was this?

We arrived to a pleasant surprise at our overnight location. It was a building called “Pier 14”, apparently designed as a high school rec center. It has a tropical theme, complete with a Tiki room!

The Tiki room rocks. It has a pool table, a kareoke machine with an iPod hookup, cozy sofas, etc. I’ve spent all afternoon and evening in here. At first I tried to persuade people into kareoke, but gave up and started DJ’ing. I’ve played a few games of pool, had a lot of laughs, and made a lot of progress in my book. This is definitely my favorite day in any year of Cover Indiana.

Tomorrow is only 19 miles, and it ends with a police escort into Indy. Forcast calls for headwinds and rain, but no worries, it’s a short ride.