Today was possibly the most exhausting day yet. We woke up at 5:30 so that we could beat the traffic out of Richmond. By mid morning we realized that we were a few hours ahead of schedule, and we ended up taveling 57 miles to Fredricksberg (where we had planned on spending the night) by 10:30 in the morning.
We made a big stop in Fredricksberg to see a 4 year old boy named Owen who has neuroblastoma. We got together with his family for lunch, and we got Owen a goodie bag - he loved the Aflac duck :) We'll get his pic up on our website soon . . .
After our visit, we called an emergency meeting and decided to change our schedule. Instead of staying the night in Fredricksberg, we wanted to go all the way to DC even though it would put us at over 120 miles for the day.
We weighed our options, and we decided to go for it even though it would surpase our longest ride by almost 40 miles. We reasoned that arriving in DC a night early would give us more time to plan our DC events and thus raise more money - it was a no brainer.
We got back on the bikes and headed towards the Capitol. At 100 miles we were wiped out, and we had to start eating plain honey to get enough sugar in our bodies to make it the rest of the way. After 7.5 hours of riding, we had covered 122 miles, and we were in DC. We layed out on the gound beside the reflection pool leading up to the Washington Monument and took it all in. Tomorrow we are going to Children's National Medical Center - can't wait to see the kids.
~ Austin
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You guys will eventually be going 1000 miles per day at this rate!
So happy it's going well (with the exception of Mr. TB.)
I am so proud of you guys!
This day, you visited my sisters 4 year old son, Owen. Me and our parents are so proud of him, Karin and Randy and Shannon, and of you two. I think it's really wonderful what you're doing!!
Greetings from Holland.
Jeanine
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