Ice Cream
Seeing friends and family along the road
Chocolate milk
Hot (or even warm, or sometimes cold) showers
A dry floor to sleep on
Bushes (to pee behind)
Milkshakes
Clouds
Tree-lined roads
Shade
Dipped cones
Paved bike paths
Dried mango
Nutella
Ice
Washer and dryers
Egg casserole for breakfast
Gas station ice water
Root Beer Floats
Bike lanes
Shoulders
Rest days
Cycling
Public transit
Small towns
The entire midwest
Soft serve (especially chocolate vanilla swirl)
The Quadruple (def. the act of having ice cream four times in one day)
The Wee Fee (known as WiFi to most people with the exception of Nancy from Johnson Lake, NE)
Wool socks (nearly odorless, always comfortable)
Chamois Butter
A+D diaper rash ointment
Local bike shops
Costco (because we eat lots and lots of food)
Music (though I've grown sick of everything I own and have begun to trade with teamies)
Podcasts (including This American Life, Radiolab, Savage Lovecast, the Moth, Slate Political Gabfest, and Dirtbag Diaries)
Smartphones (and their magical navigational abilities)
Smoothies
Fruit
Sports
Church gyms (which many congregations have generously allowed us to sleep in)
Puppy Chow
Vegetables
The riders of RAA 2012 (otherwise known as the Iron Horse AIDS Fighting Riding Team)
List compiled by Meghan, Flannery, Alice, and the RAA team
