At 7 a.m. sharp, the Teen Treks team awoke to a wild Tyler walking around their rooms as he informed them that breakfast would be available in the kitchen downstairs. Immediately afterward, Tyler scurried to the kitchen to ignite the stove and begin preparing creamy scrambled eggs for the gang. However, about 10 minutes after that, a terrible calamity occurred as one of the trekkers let loose a disastrous orange juice tsunami across the kitchen floor when he accidentally knocked over the pitcher while yanking a loaf of bread from the basket to make crisp toast. Unfortunately, many of the groggy trekkers sleepily walked into the remains of this catastrophe and had an alarming start to their day. But the unwavering spirits of the Teen Trek titans could not be shaken. They excitedly ingested their scrumptious meal, which included fruit, toast, OJ (not the spilt OJ), and of course Chef Tyler's super spectacular fantabulous scrambled eggs. The cantankerous crew packed their supplies, loaded up their bikes, took a pulchritudinous picture in front of the lighthouse hostel, and was on its way to its next destination. They faced a brutal headwind at the start of their journey, but the strong-willed heroes were not to be deterred. They powered through the first fifteen miles of their ride as if the mountainous hills and trying headwind didn't exist and arrived at their first stop, IGA supermarket (otherwise known as heaven). This gorgeous dream of a store contained more flavors of soda, sweets, and Gatorade than one could count, so of course the troop stocked up on treats and acquired all of the necessities for a hearty lunch. It was a quite uneventful lunch besides the fact that Alexa revealed her mysterious, creepy, yet awe-inspiring cat whispering abilities and beckoned a stray cat toward her and her posse from over two hundred feet away. The group gobbled up their sandwiches and watermelon and continued to push onward toward their next pit stop. The points pedaled full-throttle along Route 3 until they came across an intriguing park accompanied by a Cold Stone Creamery. Unfortunately, in order to have access to the park owned by the adjacent campground, the points and their entourage would have to purchase ice cream from Cold Stone, and according to the leaders, that was not an option. And so the squadron continued journeying onward. A few miles later, the platoon came across a rather shady looking shop after conquering a monstrous hill on their bikes and proceeded to purchase two tubs of ice cream from Firehouse Beverages. They gathered on top of a mound of gravel and ravenously devoured the ice cream as if it was their last meal on Earth. During this period of nourishment, two young children escorted the staff on a valiant excursion in search of blackberries in the clandestine blackberry patch. Strangely, and unfortunately, during this mission one of the escorts accidentally walloped the other escort in his rear end with a fly swatter. And so that concluded the group's experience at Firehouse Beverages. They took a quick pic with the owner and traversed the last seven miles of their trek before triumphantly cruising into Southwick Beach State Park, their final destination. After a brief campsite confusion, the group staked out, ate numerous grilled cheese sandwiches, and sipped warm tomato soup before sharing their roses, buds, and thorns of the day and drifting off into their slumbers. The Teen Trek titans readily await their longest journey yet. Until tomorrow...
Written by Ryan
