Close to Home

The day started with the addition of 2 team members who have been personally touched by childhood cancer. Terry rode in memory of his son Coulter, and Jacquie rode in honor of her brother Christopher.


After a scenic ride with Terry and Jacquie, we parted ways and continued heading towards Nashville. In anticipation of getting close to Nashville, Austin created the first ever Rally Across America helmet camera to record the ride down the steep descent of Mont Eagle. A strong thunderstorm with hail held us up for a while, but soon the sun was back out and we were back on the road to Nashville.


Once in Nashville, we met up with some local cyclists to ride the last leg of Rally Across America 2008. After unloading the Rally car at Austin and Paul's apartment, they were excited to take me to one of their favorite local restaurants. We later discovered that the gas prices in Nashville are not unlike the gas prices in the rest of the country that we have visited during our trip. One Nashville gas station advertised the price of gas like this:


Tomorrow morning we have our final hospital visit to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, followed by our final fundraiser event at McDougal's Chicken. We are looking forward to meeting our Nashville Rally Kids, Joseph and Colin, as well as seeing some of our Nashville Rally Kids from 2006 and 2007.

Rally On!
Claire