Today was much better on the bike. Unfortunately, we were still in the western desert of Colorado much of the time, but we had two friendship visits awaiting us in Craig that kept us moving. We had a tight rack point of 80 miles by 1:30pm today. I rode with Jeremy from Central Michigan and Austin from Florida State. Austin was slightly dehydrated and fatigued today, and after 66 miles we decided that it was best if he was racked for the day to rehydrate for the days ahead. Jeremy and I rode the remaining 6 miles to lunch, made our sandwiches, and rolled out to finish the 8 miles to the rack point by 1:30pm. We rolled up to the rack point at 1:29pm so we got to continue the last ten or so miles into Craig. It was a very fun ride and we really pushed ourselves at the end.
As a team we staged up and rode to the Craig Boys & Girls Club where we had ice cream, played a multitude of sports, and signed autographs for the youngsters at the club. We also did our empathy lesson called “Kids on the Block” puppet show for them where we taught them about understanding people with disabilities.
For dinner we went to the local park and dined with the Horizons group our people with disabilities. Not only did we have great food, but also there was an awesome water balloon fight at the end that cooled us down after the long, hot day.
To cap off the evening we made a McDonald’s run where we all just lounged for a bit before going to bed.
Tomorrow we head into the more scenic part of Colorado, but also there is a lot of programming and ride alongs.
Thank you for your love and support,
Love & Honor,
Beau
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