Claire's Ride for a Reason Blog

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Some comments and reflections of June 27th by Gene:

Wow what a day! We were like two well oiled machines today. Not too windy and abundance of nice country to look at. Jason and I met up with Donnie and had to make sure he stayed on course due to numerous and frequent turns in this leg of the trip from Indiana to Ohio. Donnie makes up cheat sheets/crypt notes (like the ones we used for tests in high school) for us to carry so we do not get lost. Not too much laboring today Donnie looks great. Our Morale is picking up again I guess everyone is looking forward to getting home, especially the closer we get.
I felt great today, finally recovered. Maybe it was my conversation with Dakoda last night energized me. You give me strength buddy and I miss you all day long. Daddy will be home real soon. Hayden didn't think I would be able to survive without you guys so long. Ohio is a nice state I reached the line about 11:30 am very busy area but plenty of room for cyclists. Going through a bunch of different areas from city like to country like to city like again. Some of the towns are quaint little towns with populations of about 500. Just made for an interesting day. Really so nice that I felt like I could have gone straight to NJ. The miles came off real fast and easy.
For the first time during the ride we actually had some time to reflect on the day. We stoppled and found a great buffet dinner place with all kinds of great stuff for recovering cyclists. We are not forgetting any one on this endeavor you are all in our hearts. Sometimes your thought patterns change and you review everything that has taken place and how you actually got to this point and you realize you would not be here without the help and support of others.
Laura Barry and Julie at SUDC I told you it would come together. Thank you for your words of encouragement and it is great to hear from you. Everyone at the CJ Foundation for SIDS could not have done any of this without your support. I will always be a part of raising awareness for you!
To all the families of Erskine Lakes, who have helped in every way possible, I am proud to be a part of that great community and consider you family.
Well it is off to the races now. We will be rolling through Ohio to Pennsylvania today getting close now but the last few miles will still be challenging. Please get as many riders together for the trek back to Ringwood. We would love the company and please please send more of your thoughts it carries us through the day even if you want to just say HI! The more the better, we love it. See you all soon Gene, Don, and Jason.

Newsflash....This just in the guys responsible for hitting Gene with a water bottle in Missouri indicates the Driver had striking resemblance to Art Garfunkle. The passenger looked a lot like Chris Meekem AKA Larry Buisa. See ya soon guys we miss ya!!

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