Today was so much fun!
We made our way from Kalamazoo to Lansing today. It was a great cycling day and we were the lead group until we were about 5 miles away from lodging. We stopped because there were no more vans to mark the turns ahead and so we had to sit and wait for some of the slower groups to catch up to us and the back vans could come forward. We were waiting for about 20 minutes when we were finally able to continue ahead. At this point, Dan Brown (Georgia Tech) grabbed his bike and realized that his tire was flat. Since we had to change the flat, we ended up falling back into the middle of the pack. After we changed the flat, we made it 1 more mile before Dan got another flat, pushing us all the way back to the last group. It was hilarious that we went from the first group to the last group only 4 miles from lodging.
We were warmly welcomed when we arrived at lodging. Upon arriving, we met “The moms and dads of Lansing.” The moms and dads of Lansing is a group of neighbors who all offer up their homes to house our team for the night. We all sat down to lunch and got to know each other. After lunch, we all received goodie bags and T-shirts from the sponsors. The T-shirt was really unique and was something that we hadn’t received from any of the sponsors in the past. Afterwards, we received our sleeping arrangements. All of van 5, my van, slept at Karen and Grady’s home. While there, we had some free time to do laundry and get ready for dinner.
Dinner was once again sponsored by the families and was in the neighborhood park. In addition to the families and the JOH team, we were also with volunteers from “Paws with a Cause.” “Paws with a Cause” is an organization of volunteers who raise assistance dogs for people with disabilities. I know that many of the riders were intrigued by the organization and had interest in volunteering in the future. After dinner finished up, Evan Culp (USC Upstate), Bryan Janzing (WSU) and I had a wheel chair race around the block. It was very difficult but I came out victorious after a long hard fought battle!
We had free time after dinner and our van had a slumber party in the living room and watched a movie (Alien vs. Predator) which was terribly awesome. It’s time to get some rest and get ready for our ride to Ann Arbor tomorrow!
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