Indianapolis, IN

We had another short 50 mile day into Indianapolis today. Most of the day I rode along with Kyle Pluchar, a crew member from Purdue, who participated in his crew ride along. Each crew member is a encouraged to ride along with the cyclist at least once throughout the summer and Kyle was our first of the summer. We had an arrival with Outside the Box at a local park. This friendship visit was one I have been looking forward to the entire summer. In the past, the team did not have a friendship visit on their first day in Indianapolis. I was lucky enough to come in contact with Outside the Box and set up the visit for this year. We had a delicious lunch and then played kickball and everyone had a blast. That evening the team headed over to my house for dinner and then headed off to the local watering holes to enjoy the night.

The next day we headed over to Noble of Indiana for a friendship visit. This was by far one of the most organized visits we’ve had all summer. I mainly staying the art and disc golf areas and just hung out with the clients. It was great to have my family and girlfriend there for the friendship visits so they could see everything that we do on a daily basis for the summer. That evening the Kelly family sponsored a huge taco dinner. We had an early wake up the next morning so everyone went back to the dorms and fell right asleep.