First off- EXCITING NEWS! Since the airport lost Karyn's bike- she quickly went out and bought a brand new one for $2,400.00. On Sunday we found out the airport finally found her bike and were shipping it directly to California PLUS paying for her new one!
Some young adults formed a little groupie - 4 girls plus Zack, so we named ourselves "Zack's Angels". The group included Zack, Karyn, Ava, Laura and myself. We were one of the last groups to leave Vanguard University (~8:15am) and it was raining. Most teams left around 7:30, but we were able to catch up to them quickly and so I'm feeling pretty confident in my pre-training of the tour. We flew through the first 20k, and eventually it stopped raining. Suddenly a biker whizzed passed us in the opposite lane shouting, "Biker injured!!" Ava sped up, since she's a doctor, and we came across 3 cyclists- one laying on the pavement. It was Mark- one of the recumbent cyclists- he had slid off the shoulder of the path and hit a fence. Ava took care of him until 9/11 came along. Found out later on that Mark had broken his foot and would not be able to complete the tour. We are praying for that family and Mark as he undergoes surgery.
We continued on with our bike ride. A church hosted all of us cyclists for a nice buffet of fruit and veggies (and coffee!). We reached our destination around 2pm. Set up our tents in a soccer field of a school and had showers. A group of us walked to CVS - I bought a lawn chairs. The store was 20 minutes away, but it felt good not to be biking haha. I don't have Wi-Fi access at the school and they have facebook blocked. For supper we had scalloped potatoes, bbq chicken, corn, broccoli salad, raw veggies and dip- delicious! We had a quick supper and went to bed early. Gotta get up at 5:45am tomorrow.
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