Today one of our crew guys, Alex Rosel, did a ride along. Although he struggled a little bit, he rode every mile, and it was really cool to see a crew guy ride 93 miles into his home town. We had another ride along for the first 17 miles. A guy named Dan saw us ride in and asked if he could ride with us. We explained what we were doing, and told him it was $100 a day for riding along (this is standard for people who haven’t done the trip before). By the end of the day he had fundraised $350 for the Journey of Hope, and we were thrilled to have him along with us. What was also really cool was that he had a disability, and did not have full functionality in his leg. Once again, it was great to focus on a person’s abilities rather than their disabilities. We had a cross wind or a head wind all day, and I can say for sure, that the team is looking forward to having a headwind when we turn north to Emporia in a few days.
For lunch we pulled over at mile 70 and our crew chiefs knocked on the door of someone’s house to see if we could use their driveway. The lady who owned the house was so impressed by what we were doing, she let us into her back yard for some shade picnic tables. She also provided us with fresh tomatoes from her garden for our lunch. It was awesome, and I was once again amazed by the friendliness of random people we’ve met along the way.
We did a very small arrival at the hotel we are staying at for the next two nights. It’s extremely nice to have our OWN beds for two nights, and we were thankful for the alumni who set it up.
For dinner we went to the CP ranch in El Dorado, KS, and had dinner and a friendship visit with the campers. Almost all the campers had Cerebral Palsy, and they were all between the ages of 6 and 21 so it was a lot of fun. After dinner we went swimming with the kids and it was a blast.
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