We finished riding!

We finished! Today we rode 59 miles from Shelbyville to Nasvhille. The ride was good although we were cold at the start. You see, ... last night I took the liberty of hand washing our jerseys in the sink of the inn where we were staying, but apparently I didn't do a very good job of drying them ... they were soaking wet this morning. Wet jersey's make for a chilly ride (it was 58 and windy). Oops. Sorry Kelly and Paul.

We got some pretty good donations on the road today. My mom (who has been driving the chase car) got a surprise when she went into a gas station to buy a bottle of water. She gave the attendant 98 cents, and the lady gave her $20 in return. She told mom, "Put that towards the cause!" And then Kelly's mom Cheryl got another $18 from an employee at a Hampton Inn. Can you believe that? Pretty good results for the last day biking.

We made good time going into Nashville, and then we geared up for the fundraiser. We met Matthew and his family. A great crew (4 boys) ...
Matthew's family and friends turned out in force (like Star Wars). We had a big group of kids ...... and many of our own Nashville friends stop to support little Matthew. Cheryl organized a great meal for everyone who came, and we ended up raising over $2,700. This doesn't even count other Nashville donations that have yet to be tallied ... Way to go Matthew!!

Tomorrow we're going to Vanderbilt Children's at 10:00 am. Our last event ...

~ Austin