Rosemead, CA - Ontario, CA

After a very restful day off, it was back on the bike and back on the road again, heading to Ontario, CA. Mostly city riding today, which means lots of cars on the road and lots of stoplights. The ride turned out to be shorter than we had anticipated, and we went about 35 miles instead of the scheduled 50. Our arrival was at the Double Tree Hotel, which was by far the nicest place we've stayed in so far. The rooms were sponsored by one of the City Council members in Ontario, who was a Pi Kappa Phi at USC. When we got settled into our rooms, showered and changed up, a few of us went over to the nearby In-N-Out to grab some lunch. After eating our fill of Double-Doubles, a few of us went over to the local bike shop, where I had to get some new tires (the one I was using had a hole and was patched up), a sweatband, and some CO2 canisters. When we got back to the hotel, we all relaxed in our rooms for a bit and watched Maury (great show) before heading over to dinner at an Italian restaurant, where we were treated to a pasta feed. After dinner, we all went over to the Ontario City Hall, where the mayor read a proclamation commending our team for our philanthropic efforts on the Journey of Hope. However, the highlight of the meeting was definitely this one elderly woman chewing out the City Council about road safety, accusing them of pocketing taxpayer money and of all being immoral scoundrels. After the meeting, we went back to the hotel for free time for the rest of the night. One of the cyclists, Adam Cella, turned 21 that day, so we all made a trip to Dave & Busters in town to get a few drinks and play some games--I even won him a Care Bear in one of the games! After we had our fun with Police Trainer and House of the Dead 2, we decided to head back to lodging to make curfew and get some sleep.