Today was our second day off. It was really nice to sleep in today, I probably went to bed pretty late at maybe 11 PM and got up really late at roughly 8:30 AM (yeah, it’s a completely different sleeping pattern than school).
I was sleeping in the neighboring house, so I woke up, and with the rest of the group, walked over to the other house for breakfast. The mother of the former Journey of Hope team member cooked breakfast which was absolutely delicious…it was real nice to get some home cooked food; eggs, bacon, cantaloupe, the works.
After breakfast, we got a chance to turn on the TV and watch some soccer. It may have been the second time I’ve watched TV this entire trip. It was nice to relax for a change.
By the time lunched rolled around, we hopped in the vans, and drove to the park. Today, we put together a little puppet show educating kids about people with disabilities. We then had bagel sandwiches for lunch (better than it sounds) and messed around in the Jungle Jims. It actually was pretty cool, because it turned a little competitive, eventually into a pull up competition.
After lunch, we headed straight to the top of the mountain. What does a cyclist do on his day off? He cycles. We ended up going mountain biking for a couple hours. It was all downhill so it was easy on our quads. It was pretty cool, as I have never mountain biked in my life before, and it was considerably different than road bikes. It felt a lot like a bmx bike. We ended up having to call it quits a little earlier than planned because of time. It was a great experience though, and I can totally see mountain biking in my future.
After a quick shower at lodging, I was the road marshall for tomorrow’s ride along with a couple of other guys. Basically, we scout the first 20 miles of the ride, and make sure there’s nothing too hazardous conditions. Although the terrain seemed a little challenging (I am not looking forward to those climbs out of Park City), the roads were fine, and we headed back to lodging to get ready for dinner.
Dinner was another friendship with the same organization last night. We went to a reservoir, which had an amazing view of a lake, to have a barbeque pot luck dinner. The participants of the camp, had related disabilities of blindness, so it was pretty interesting to hear their stories of their lives so far.
Following dinner, we filled up some gas, bought a few candy bars (its an inside joke) and returned to lodging. After a quick meeting, we called it a night, and got our rest for three consecutive 90 mile days.
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