The team woke up to gorgeous sunny weather to start another 105 mile day. This morning at breakfast, we met members of the Texas 4000 cycling team who are riding from Austin, TX to Anchorage, AK to raise money for MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. It was exciting to meet a group of individuals who are participating in a similar event and share stories from the road.
The day ride was long and the team arrived at lodging 8 hours after we began. It was a scorcher again in Wyoming with temperatures in the 90’s most of the day. There were not many problems on the road and the only thing that slowed us down was a nice, constant side wind. We all arrived safely at the Kelly Walsh High School and had an hour to shower up and get ready for the friendship visit.
That evening we had an awesome friendship visit and dinner with NOWCAP whose motto is “Creating opportunities for people with disabilities”. This was the first time that the Trans-America team has met with the organization. We all enjoyed some Pizza Hut pizza and after dinner we went to the rec recreational room to play Wii, Pool, and tons of other games. This was an incredible friendship visit and there is a very high possibility that the Journey of Hope will be meeting with NOWCAP in the years to come.
The next day in Casper we had our first Kids on the Block puppet show for the Boys and Girls Club. I did not get to my skip because the kids were getting restless and we only had time for two skits. That evening we then had a friendship visit with the Arc. We had a huge barbeque and played lawn games for the rest of the night.
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