Today we arrived in Salt Lake City after a 75 mile ride from Payson. I rode with Mike and Matt today, both of whom are from Houston. It is nice to finally get back to civilization after so much desert; we saw our first Walmart in a week today!
After we arrived in town, we are dinner hosted by the Christ United Methodist men and the Carpenter family on behalf of the Children's Tumor Foundation. We met Travis, an awesome 6 year old with neurofibromatosis. He has a tumor on over half of his body, but you would never know it. He was full of energy and so awesome and inspiring to be around.
After our visit we then went to lodging and got ready for dinner at Iggy's in downtown Salt Lake City.
Iggy's was awesome. We had great appetizers and main courses and it was an awesome environment. We were sponsored by a 5 time Pi Alpha, meaning he had done five summer events through Push America. He also rode along with us today and he can really push it on the bike!
After dinner we went to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints headquarters. It was an interesting lesson in Mormon history, and the buildings were beautiful. The chuch is located a block from the Capitol and it honestly outshines the nearby Capitol building.
After that little rendezvous some of us went and got gelato at local establishment and then drove up to the University of Utah's campus and overlooked the Great Salt Lake shortly before the sunset. We are in such a beautiful part of the country and I feel so honored and privileged to experience it!
Thank you to those who have sent mail to our mail drops for me, I love the encouragement and it is nice to hear from people at home! Please continue to pray for our team's safe travels; tomorrow we head to Park City where many of the Winter Olympic events occurred in 2002.
Love & Honor,
Beau
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