Something Special

The morning started with a tour of the brand new Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, which just opened in December. This impressive facility seemed to get better and better with each floor we visited, but we finally reached our destination: the kids fighting cancer on the 11th floor! Adam was really excited about our visit, especially since his brother and Austin share the same name. After checking out the bike and singing the whale song, he gave our visit a thumb's up.


Once we made our way back downstairs, Tony D met us in the hospital parking lot to lead Austin and Paul on a ride through downtown Charlotte. Tony D was sure to be a big hit with his nephews later today after we outfitted him with Rally tattoos!


A downpour this afternoon hampered our plans to ride from our host in Charlotte to our host in Rock Hill, which is just south of Charlotte in South Carolina. So we took advantage of this new found time to finish off last night's feast prepared by our Charlotte hosts, the Shropshires. When we arrived in Rock Hill, we were excited to discover that gas in SC is much cheaper than NC, VA, and DC!

We then made our way to our next host family, the Shaws. Ethan, who is 6 years old, will finish his 40 month chemotherapy treatment for ALL on February 20th. His family has planned something special on the 20th of each month for his last 12 months of treatment, so we were excited when we realized that we would be in their town on the 20th of June and could be their "something special"!


Tomorrow morning we'll check the newspaper for something special about our visit to Rock Hill before riding to our next destination: Columbia, SC.

Rally On!
Claire, Austin, and Paul