Birch Run, MI (23Jul08)
Hi Everyone,
Today was a 79 mile ride to Birch Run, MI!
It was a good day and went had a couple of detours … one was a bridge out … so it took us about 4 miles longer to finish.
We are staying at a Comfort Inn … and I’m not sure their server will hold out so I’m trying to do the blog 1st!
Again, I didn’t take many pix today … I rode with several different cyclists today and it was a good day for me!
You can check out the two pix I took today at: http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk118/larryjfr/Life%20Across%20America%202008/07-23-08%20–%20Birch%20Run%20MI/
Interesting note: Another cyclist named Larry (not with this ride) but very interested in doing it with ABB next year … came out and rode the last 15 miles with us … as we came into town! He was a very strong cyclist and shouldn’t have any problem doing it next year!
Thanks to everyone who’s shown an interest in Life Across America!
Especially America’s Blood Centers and their employees and the Foundation(FABC) who believed in Life Across America 2008, from the start!
It’s hard for me to believe that this whole incredible ride will be over on 4Aug08 … what an amazing thing!
When you take 56 total strangers and put them together (day and night) for 50 days … an incredible thing happens … they become like one big extended family!
And the real “you” whatever that may be … comes out!
You can’t hide it because we’re all doing things that takes us to our maximum at any given moment!
It’s fun! It’s exhilirating! It’s scary!(can I make it through just one more day!) It tests your ability and your stamina! It tests your endurance! It tests your ability to deal with people who may or may not like you!
And what you find out is that all of us can do more than we ever dreamed of … and that’s a good thing!
Larry F.