18Jun12, Wadsworth Elementary and Palm Coast, FL
What a wonderful day to be on a bike ride, cloudy yet sunny, not too hot, and no rain! 54 miles of cycling bliss, with stops at Wadsworth Elementary School in Palm Coast. What an incredible reception put on by FBC’s Cathy and her invaluable employees. The kids from Scott’s BAH Bike Tour put on a great PPT presentation about giving blood and the need for it for all the elementary students. Lots of neat pix. (see Facebook entries today)
Also a big “thank you” to the Sheriff’s Office (motor and traffic officers) from both Flagler and St John’s Counties. They were very professional, hospitable, and were a credit to their department!
A big thanks to “Miss Brenda” and “Miss Terri” who are working together with the BGC kids, especially Brenda, who has been working many hours in helping to organize the bike routes and the daily stops and coordination of escorts with the various police agencies.
A special update here … our Mr. Dan (previous driver) is out of surgery and on his way to recovery. Thank God for watching over him! He has been released from the hospital and possibly will come back to finish the BAH Bike Tour 2012 with us, after a few days of rest and recuperation!
Also Mr. Ed, (Scott’s best friend) will be back tomorrow, after taking the weekend off to go to his HS reunion in the Boston area.
For me personally, it is really fun to watch JJ, Cody, Maya and Brittany, mature and grow each day, as they learn to cycle, camp out, pick up after themselves, interact with each other, and learn to “watch out” for each other, and the adult leaders.
They may not realize it today, next week, or next month … yet, there will come a time in their lives, when they will look back fondly on the Be A Hero Bike Tour 2012, and realize that this trip was a “life changer” for each of them! I believe there will come a time, when they will speak in fondness and gratitude for Scott, Miss Brenda, and Miss Terri, for all they did to make this, a trip of a lifetime for them!
Well, that’s about all for now… we are staying tonight at the local KOA, in the donated 38 foot motorhome (loaned to Scott by Dave and Stephanie Morgan) and the tents for the kids.
I’ll try to write more tomorrow.