Austin working on ... another flat tire (in the dark) ... mile 172 ...
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Friday, September 01, 2006
Coolest Bathroom Ever
Had to share this most awesome bathroom experience with all of you. We found this handsome unicyclist in the restroom of the Crystal City Cyclery today in Crystal City, MO. Very impressive.
In addition to the bathroom excitement, we were witness to a vast yard sale spanning 61 miles. The communities lining old route 61 had organized the event for today and tomorrow, and every person for 61 miles had set up shop for the weekend. What fabulous timing! We managed to ride the length of the entire sale without buying a single thing - www.61yardsale.com.
Tonight we got lost on the way into town (suprise!), and Mr Toole had to come and find us. We are staying with his family in Cape Girardeau tonight, and tomorrow we'll head to Memphis.
~ Austin
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
The Little Engine that Could
Today we're visiting St. Louis Children's Hospital, and we're going to get Jacob to help us hand our goodie bags to the other kids. His parents sent us his story, and I wanted to share it with all of you:
When Jacob was 2 he was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor, Choroid Plexus Carcinoma. The tumor was 10cm in diameter; about the size of a grapefruit. Jacob underwent an intensive brain surgery only to remove 90% of the tumor. After several rounds of chemotherapy the tumor shrank enough for total resection in June 2005. Last fall Jacob had a bone marrow transplant and is currently tumor and cancer free!
Jacob's favorite line is "I think I can." We can't wait to meet him today - The Little Engine That Could!
~ Austin
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Rest Day
Today we got a bit of a break. Jan told us that we could sleep in, and when we finally did get up she made us a big breakfast: pancakes, bacon, and Krispy Kreme doughnuts (it reminded me of running to Krispy Kreme on reading days at Vandy). With breakfast out of the way, we took care of a few errands; sorted out some deposits, stopped by the post office, and made some calls to get ready for Nashville (along the way, Jan made sure we got some Ted Drewes custard). Afterwards, we headed off to our new hosts, the Muchas. They also made sure we could relax. This mini-vacation has gotten us ready for our visit to St. Louis Children's Hospital tomorrow and for the last few hundred miles into Nasvhille.
~ Tom
~ Tom
Monday, August 28, 2006
A Salute to Missouri Hosts!!
We just rolled into St. Louis . . . our penultimate city! Today on the road we had 3 ham sandwiches, countless granola bars, 4 camel packs, some grapes, a banana, stale candy, and three flat tires. We rode about 115 miles, and we are staying with Janey the Firecracker :) She is the twin sister of a lady in Atlanta who knows Alexa and her family. Jan greeted us with hugs and lasagna - a great host . . . and with that I wanted to salute all of our Missouri hosts thus far!
We stayed with the Sauciers last night in Jefferson City. They have 6 grown children, so taking care of two worn out cyclists and their support crew was no problem for them. We had a Capital time:
In Columbia we stayed with my relatives,the Robinsons. Paul and Susan rode with us for the first 10 miles of our trek, and Paul's step-Dad, "Grumps" (not pictured) egged us all on from the house:
In Warrensburg we stayed with a friend of a friend, Rod. Unfortunately we forgot to take a picture with Rod, but we did become friends on facebook . . . so I grabbed this one off of the internet:
I think I'm going to introduce Rod to Claire of blogs past . . .
~ Austin
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