Thursday, 22Jul10, Liverpool, NY
Blood Fact for today: 43,000 pints: (amount of donated blood used eachday in the U.S. and Canada)
It was an awesome day for us, Adella rode with me and with my good friend, Paul Maher, from Albany, NY, we had a lot of fun together.
Another 69.5 miles closer to our final goal … Portsmouth, NH.
It was a great day for riding … a nice tailwind for most of the day … riding with good friends and family … and then it happened!
A flat from a piece of wire … Paul and Adella stopped with me to hold the bike while I fixed the flat … Michelle came by in the SAG van and helped us out with a real pump to pump it back up to 120 psi.
Then back on the road and the three of us had a good ride together into Liverpool. We stopped at a local ice cream drive- for a milk shake and a bite to eat.
I was having some personal issues today with my left knee … from a slip in the bathtub last night in the hotel room when the towel rack I was holding onto for leverage collapsed … yet, today everything seemed to work out (for the better) as the knee loosened and warmed up … we’ll see how it goes tomorrow after “icing it down” this afternoon?
This evening we went to an awesome dinner put on my Robb’s brother who lives in the Syracuse area … it was celestial … at a beautiful home in the surburbs … All we can say is … “thank you” for your hospitality! (check out the photos on Facebook)
Only 5 cycling days left in Phase 1.
I’m receiving lots of ABC member email for the “blood events” that are being promoted in: Amarillo, TX, Greenville, S.C., Pensacola, FL., plus many more … I want to say “thank you” to each of the blood centers for their incredible staff and donors!
Talk to you later.