Second day of orientation

This morning was pretty uneventful. We woke up at 8am for breakfast and had more basic orientation about rules and regulations. We met our chore groups and discussed names for our groups. My group is "The Chomps". After morning orientation, we went for our 23 mile shakedown ride around Charleston. I started out pretty well and had no problem staying with those in the middle of the pack. Our route went north over a cool new suspended bridge and out towards a fort on an island and back. About halfway through the ride, I managed to get my first flat! Of course I would be one of the ones to manage to get a flat on the "warm-up" ride! And to make things worse, the flat was on my back tire. I have never changed my rear tire before, so I was very embarassed and nervous. But my teammates were very nice and helpful. They helped me change out my tire and we got back on the road. The fort area next to the beach was really cool and apparently we will be doing our tire dipping ceremony out by this area. After returning to the church, we had pizza and tacos for lunch. Then we had free time and I took a nap because the humidity drained me. Hopefully my body will adapt to the climate quickly. Later we had more pizza for dinner. We ended the day wih an alumni presentation, which made me more excited about this trip, Looking forward to our first build day tommorow, which will be roof shingling. Hopefully no rain!