Late last year, Hollie received a cancer diagnosis. She endured three chemotherapy sessions and 17 radiation treatments. I am happy to report that radiiation session 17 was her LAST!! WOOHOO!! Congratulations Hollie!! You are a hero in my book! :)
So here's how the ride works. There are five seperate teams of five riders each. Each team rides one segment of the total distance between stopping towns. For example, the distance between our starting city of Baltimore, MD and our day 1 ending town of Virginia Beach, VA is 250 miles. This means each team will ride 50 miles. There are 5 vans numbered 1 thru 5. The van number determines what segment you ride. Today I was in van 5 meaning we would ride from a point 50 miles outside of Virginia Beach into Virginia beach. Today I was paired up with this group of riders:
From left to right, may I introduce Janelle, your humble blogger, Lee, Theresa and Marti. I was dubbed by our van driver G. Love and the ladies were christened "The Saucy Ladies". We had such a great time. Laughing, crying, riding and sharing stories. It was an amazing day. We finished on the banks of the Atlantic Ocean:
And decided to do some sport fishing after the ride! ;) Actually, it was Park Ranger Bill who provided us with the fishing poles. A fantastic end to a fantastic day. To my readers, I encourage you to do a week long trip and indulge your passion. You'll meet new people who share your interest and have a great time doing so.
Day one is in the books. My next report will be from Wilmington, NC (birthplace of Michael Jordan). Until then,
Keep the rubber side down!
Gary
Way to ride! What a fun crew! My sister in law J who lost her battle to ovarian cancer on 12/31/13 lived in Virgina Beach Virgina right by the ocean, she loved it there.
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