 Good morning, I actually slept pretty well last night. I think I was so tired. Oh My god Let's go ride bikes. I Really love the simplicity of bike touring. You just can't have much at all Everything has to fit and do a couple bags, you know, so you roll up your little house. That means your tent Get a couple shirts together a couple pairs of shorts and that's your life And I like being able to To live in such a simple way, you know, some people live in tiny houses or tiny apartments And you can't have much stuff. This is the next level bike touring is next level simplicity I have definitely drinking more water in the past three four days than I have in a long time Hydrate or diet people, you know what I'm gonna eat for breakfast pizza I went to pizza that last night because I was starving. I sat in their air conditioning. It was so nice Now I have breakfast Veggie lovers You might be wondering where I camped last night Well, I'm in a place called Streeter Park and a lot of times in small towns all through the Midwest the city parks You're allowed to camp there and not only allowed, but they give you electricity and water and You've built in friends because look at all these people camping. All right, let's do this No flatties no crashes no whammies The Sun is blazing already They say it might even be a little bit hotter today, which I don't know if that's possible if it gets any hotter I'm just gonna like I'm gonna cook on this bicycle. I'm gonna turn into a hot tamale 75 miles today to Lincoln, Nebraska Home of the corn huskers and when I was a kid I didn't like the corn huskers because they would always beat my Colorado buffaloes, but now we both suck so who cares You know what I'm saying? Good morning cows. How you doing? Just saw a sign back there that said Pawnee Lake Today is a day for lakes. Oh my god. It is so hot. I just hope the water is actually cold I can't imagine anything on the planet being cold right now, but hopefully it's cold I can't even turn my gears my hands are all slippery There is not one cloud in the sky blocking the Sun Nothing it's been a good day though Just had my head down And I've just been pedaling Going going going going. Oh My gosh, this feels so good. This lake was perfectly placed right where I needed it Temperature is perfect. Oh, it's perfect. Oh So I'm not the only one at this lake my buddy Jeff called me this weirdo. He follows me everywhere He's like I'm close. I'm going to rag brie. Where are you and he came and drove up and he's not just any Jeff He's the creator of the 11 pine shorts. Jeff. Why don't you show the people what 11 pines all about well? These are you can't hide from me. I find you okay You want to get on your bike do a little zip down tighten them down your form fit Now you're gonna be all aro. Yeah, you got your spandex mode Nice and tight next you want to get off the bike What relax you got great pockets. I love these shorts. I've been wearing 11 pines for what two years now Pretty small company boulder everywhere boulder guy. I love supporting him if you want to check out his shorts I'll put a link down below. I'm rating Jeff's food and drink supply. What you got boy We got food we got fruit. Oh you have healthy food I think four days of huge miles and intense heat is taking its toll on me I kind of feel tired, you know when force come got to do the country. He's like I'm going to stop though I'm not gonna stop, but that's how I feel. I'm just like I'll see you in Lincoln. I have made it to Lincoln It's a much bigger city than I thought the sign said over 200,000 when I came in. I thought it was a little college town. Anyway, I'm searching for the house of Ryan Dylan They are to YouTube Fans who said hey man, we got a couch and I said I would like a couch. I Would like a couch very much How's it going? What's up, man? How you doing? Nice to meet you, bud. Hey doggy. Hi, buddy. He's Dexter. How's it going? Are you Ryan? Nice to meet you guys. This is awesome So I know I've been complaining about the heat and the wind But it's been real more than half of the country will feel the effects of a heat wave over the next 24 hours We're looking at feels like temperatures not only today being really high in Omaha at 107 by the time We get to Saturday 150 million people Will actually be seeing high temperatures above 90 degrees. We saw this tweet from the national weather service trying to bake biscuits using only the Sun and a car in a parking lot Like I've been to some hot places on this planet, but for some reason this heat out here in Nebraska This feels a lot more oppressive Today, I just put my head down and pedaled and pedaled and pedaled and pedaled. I didn't film a whole lot I was just moving. It's been five days of just brutal riding and huge mileage I'm tired. My body's like, yeah, take a break But because tomorrow's gonna be another 70 ish miles It's not an easy ride to the start of rag by and then I have seven more days of riding I'm still I'm very happy that I did this. I'm really grateful that it all worked out and I've been having the time of my life. I really needed to get out I needed it and I needed it. I needed an adventure, you know, and it Reminds me like, oh, yeah You can do this Ryan, you know, I was in a little bit of a funk for a while after the breakup and a little wounded a little sad and this has been good for my soul in a lot of ways So I'm gonna sit here and charge some batteries batteries for my drone and batteries for everything else charge my body batteries and We're gonna call it a day. Happy Friday Morning Dexter How you doing, bud? There you are. That's my man So I got to sleep with Dexter last night. He's a big old cuddly Cuddly guy. Thank you Ryan and Dylan. You guys are the best. I have new friends in Lincoln Yes, yeah, and you're gonna come do rag ride, right? Yeah, I like it. I like it Well, your house is awesome. Your town is hot as hell And I appreciate that's what's out Day is Saturday and I am heading finally to Council Bluffs where the start of rag bra is happening I have about 70 ish miles before I get there It's gonna be hot again. I'm ready for some cooler weather. This heat is just burning me up No crashes. No whammies. No flatties right behind me is the state Capitol My host Ryan and Dylan said they called the penis of the planes. Can you see why? Nice to meet you in real life. Yeah, how's it going? Good. This friendly face right here is Phil. What's up, buddy? How's it going? How's it going? Oh man, so he contacted me on Instagram. He's like I live here I'll ride out a little bit and here we are. Oh, yeah Yeah, it's not every day that your YouTube hero comes by Slings through town, especially here in Lincoln, Nebraska. We're kind of in the middle of nowhere. Yeah, I know it's a bunch of cornfields than us That's true. That's true. So what are we gonna see today? We're gonna see a little bit of the town This is kind of the older part of town We're gonna go through this trail this trail used to be an old rail trail Lincoln has done a great job of repurposing those trails Into paved roads if it's not paved it is still that limestone that it's great for riding still so that's awesome, man Bill just said there's a tunnel coming up Olay! Olay! Wow, that had a great acoustics! Bill, my man dropped me off at Casey's, my favorite gas station. Time to get it, Dona I really appreciate you riding with me out of town. Of course, of course I love I love biking and I'm so glad you came through town. It's so good. Show you a little bit of what Lincoln, Nebraska has and our surrounding area here I'm really enjoying the shade this trail is providing. I have been under the beaten sun for the past five days straight And this is a nice Change of pace a nice refuge. I feel like I'm finally very close to rag brie When I left my house on Monday, I was 600 miles away then the next day 500 miles away It always seemed so far away and now I'm 50 miles away and the excitement is coming back. I'm like, oh, yeah, I'm going to rag brie I love rag brie. There's a reason why I just sweat through the plains of Nebraska and suffered I love the event so much. I always tell people it brings out The best of what I've seen in the United States Small-town communities coming together Cyclists from all over the country in the world Riding bikes, having a good time Families, young people, older people everybody in between And It's just a really special time to celebrate life As we all pedal across Iowa This is a 1981 Schwinn sports tour Note down here at the bottom Yeah, it is the extra light model in 1981. So I'm gonna I'm at a gas station here. I'm drinking my My Gatorade and then this dude rolls up and I'm like, oh, we got another bike touring guy right here He's got some stories to tell. What's your name again? My name is David. I'm in recovery You see I've got six and a half years sober and the thing about it is I come to realize that this bike ride is totally like recovery I mean everybody wants these pictures of all this fun time charlie that I'm out here on the road with But the cold hard facts of the matter is it's a painful ride, but at every 10 times a day 20 times a day we get this little success story and that's called the next town Especially in Nebraska because there's like a 20 mile an hour headman the whole way today I think we're going to be dealing with 120 degree heat index With this wind in our face. What kind of crazy are we? But no, and so yeah, this is a celebration of life today I've been I've been fortunate to Be doing ministry all the way across, you know, I I'm literally hugging my way across America That's what's going on What do you love most about riding the bike man? I I'm just telling you it's the 10 hour a day meditation It's the meditation. It's the self-reflection and also your leg muscles get bigger I'm 57 and and you know, uh Metabolism slowed down, you know, it's important to me that People think I'm certifiably crazy And I tell them no I got to do this so that I can still do it the day I quit doing this I won't be able to do it anymore. I'm right. I'm not looking forward to that So this is actually an elixir of life You know, and I literally see I'm literally cashing in pedals When I'm riding down the up these monster hills of Nebraska I'm cashing in pedals for work for where I'm going to be down the road I mean in in 10 years this is going to pay off You never grow through smooth sailing I mean if we were riding if me and Brian were riding everything was downhill with the wind to our back Well, what have we done, you know, and so our glory comes and we're not we're not glorified ourselves But we're just we're just loving this fact of getting to the next town. We just had another victory You know, and that's the neat part about these cross-country rides Is that you're really literally Mandating victory in your life my healing started when I started riding So What do you say buddy? You like it? I like it. That's great. Here we go. All right me and Brian Here we are my man right here. David. It was so good to meet you my friend Oh, man, I can't believe I saw you. I'm like, are you kidding me? So good Who is in this heat who is in this teeny little town? Well, I wish you all the best my friend absolutely Yeah, can you continue doing all your good stuff and oh, yeah and hug in and spread enjoy. Oh, man. I'm the king of the hugs You need Scientifically you need eight hugs a day just for maintenance Don't if you don't believe me you can google it and google tells the truth Here is another gas station trick they have ice out back usually and you can just come in here And it is so cold. It feels amazing. Bye, David You're the man I got david's a character really good heart I enjoyed hanging out with him Some of my best conversations are had at gas stations. They really are I can't believe it. Here's the Missouri river Made it to Iowa. Yeah, you ready for this?