Day 3 May 28,2009

We left Mechanicsville Presbyterian around 8:30 a.m. The office worker (Carol) brought us fruit cups to take with us and led a prayer for us. We rode through beautiful farms and countryside filled with farm life and rolling hills. We stopped at a country store for lunch and bought ice cream, cheese, and crackers. After an hour break we broke for Mineral (population 432). We arrived in Mineral after some hard climbs and hard rainstorms. We were very excited to find that the volunteer fire station had room for us to stay even though they were hosting a beauty pageant and carnival that night. We were able to shower, do laundry, and utilize their kitchen. We met Charlie, an 19 year old volunteer who started volunteering at age 8, who gave us a tour of the station and trucks, and Oscar an EMS who gave us ice for our knees and interesting conversation. Our on route mileage was 52 miles.