Team update

We are finally home after three months. Tom and I are spending this week with my parents resting, sleeping late, etc. Nick and Chelsea are in Atlanta finishing up work for the documentary. Matt is in school in Iowa, Claire returned to nursing school, and Mary Beth (who did all of our PR) is working in Nashville. Alas ... the team is busy doing other things.

Tom and I spoke at my church's youth group on Wednesday, and we went to the Rotary club yesterday. Next week we have a few speaking events also ... so we're going to keep Rallying On for the time being. In the meantime, job hunting has commenced - I caught Tom emailing his resume out yesterday. As for me ... I'm going to keep draggin my feet.


Here are our Vanderbilt articles:

Recent grads bike cross-country for cancer research
How I spent my summer vactaion

~ Austin

Finale(s)

So in the past two days, we've had two finales. Our first one was in Nashville, where we had a bunch of people show up at Outback to show their support for our cause. We raised a little more money, and we got to see Anthony, Gabe, and Amelia! They were a lot of fun - Anthony spent most of the time trying to creep up and scare me, Gabe ran around and showed off his somersaults, only stopping to hug everyone he met, and Amelia had fun when Austin picked her up to help her fly. It was a great event.

Then we headed to Atlanta. The Olsons threw us a big wrap-up party, inviting their neighbors and a bunch of other cancer families to welcome us. We ate a ton of food - there was barbecue, a huge cake, and a large assortment of other goodies. It was a lot of fun, but Austin and I looked at each other and realized we're still eating like we were when we were riding. Time to get back on the bikes!

~ Tom