  So its been a few days, we haven't run into any convenient areas with Internet access... Right now we're in Sandusky, Ohio (home of Cedar Point, an amusement park), on our way to Cleveland.
We've only travelled a little over 200 miles now, mostly due to inclimate weather and poor luck. I managed to destroy my rear wheel in Florida, Ohio, and was forced to take a taxi back into Defiance, OH, to get a new one. Then, after riding my bike back into Florida, we got caught up in a nasty storm, and had to hang out in the towns only store, a little convenience store called Miami & Erie market for a few hours.
Apparently, just east and west of us, the storm was dropping softball sized hail, but we were lucky and didn't have to deal with that. Anyway, the new rear wheel didn't get taped up properly (bike wheels have rim tape that covers where the spokes are laced into the rim), so I was consistently getting flats.
To make things worse, the new wheel I bought only took Schraeder valve tubes, and we only packed Presta valves. After my first flat, I was able to patch the wheel, however, after the 3rd patch, it was becoming pretty obvious that something was wrong. Furthermore, I broke 2 of the 3 tire levers we brought installing and removing my tire so many times. Luckily, yesterday, we ran into a retired guy named Chuck (we were trying to patch the wheel in front of his house for the better part of an hour), and he hung out with us all day and let us shower and camp out in his backyard.
He dropped us off this morning in Sandusky at the bike shop, and we got everything (I hope! ) taken care of, and bought some new tubes. Anyway, other than that, we're doing well, and hope to be in Cleveland tonight or tommorow. We're healthy (although maybe a little homesick), and having a good time. Talk to you soon, Kris 
