to this "increase in advertising."
Our fundraiser was very well attended and it turned out to be a great success. It was a great feeling to get all these people together for the simple purpose of eating good food and donating to Rally. We met and surpassed our fundraising goals for the event and the Outback staff was nothing but helpful. The biggest emergency of the day was needing to have several balloons inflated without any device with which to inflate them. This problem was solved by a certain brave, spandex-bearing Rally team member's marching over to the restaurant next door to ask to use their balloon inflator. The neighboring restaurant's help will not be forgotten...
(yet another sacrifice for the team)
The end of the fundraiser marked the end of Kelly's first stint with us as a cyclist. She and her parents drove back to Nashville so that she could continue bettering herself by furthering her education. She will be missed, but she will be back on Friday.
After the fundraiser, we visited the UAB Children's Hospital. We met a bunch of new kids and their families, and had a great time. Everyone there was very pleasant and very helpful - a special thanks to Emily, for making us feel welcome and appreciated. After the hospital visit we drove directly to visit our Birmingham Rally Kid, Andrew. We spent some great time with him and his family. It was a great visit after having ridden so many miles on Andrew's family's behalf and I think it will suffice to say that none of us will forget that time we spent with them.
Having slept very little the last few days, we arrived back at the Traylor's (our host family) and had another great meal with them and their friends (except for one of us who caught up with an old friend). After dinner we took care of the donations from the day's work and
tied up a few more loose ends for the trip. Hopefully we will be rested enough to ride the longest day yet, which is starting early tomorrow morning.
Omission from a previous blog:
-Austin pushed off my bike a couple of days ago while pretending to give me a hug. Those of you who were watching the scene unfold while you were waiting in your cars at the same stoplight will know what I'm talking about - there were at least 20 of you.
Our fundraiser was very well attended and it turned out to be a great success. It was a great feeling to get all these people together for the simple purpose of eating good food and donating to Rally. We met and surpassed our fundraising goals for the event and the Outback staff was nothing but helpful. The biggest emergency of the day was needing to have several balloons inflated without any device with which to inflate them. This problem was solved by a certain brave, spandex-bearing Rally team member's marching over to the restaurant next door to ask to use their balloon inflator. The neighboring restaurant's help will not be forgotten...
(yet another sacrifice for the team)The end of the fundraiser marked the end of Kelly's first stint with us as a cyclist. She and her parents drove back to Nashville so that she could continue bettering herself by furthering her education. She will be missed, but she will be back on Friday.
After the fundraiser, we visited the UAB Children's Hospital. We met a bunch of new kids and their families, and had a great time. Everyone there was very pleasant and very helpful - a special thanks to Emily, for making us feel welcome and appreciated. After the hospital visit we drove directly to visit our Birmingham Rally Kid, Andrew. We spent some great time with him and his family. It was a great visit after having ridden so many miles on Andrew's family's behalf and I think it will suffice to say that none of us will forget that time we spent with them.
Having slept very little the last few days, we arrived back at the Traylor's (our host family) and had another great meal with them and their friends (except for one of us who caught up with an old friend). After dinner we took care of the donations from the day's work and
tied up a few more loose ends for the trip. Hopefully we will be rested enough to ride the longest day yet, which is starting early tomorrow morning.
Omission from a previous blog:
-Austin pushed off my bike a couple of days ago while pretending to give me a hug. Those of you who were watching the scene unfold while you were waiting in your cars at the same stoplight will know what I'm talking about - there were at least 20 of you.
~ Paul
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