Day 4 - AIDS LifeCycle - Dedicated to Jeff

Fun facts per The Daily Spin Newsletter:
Oldest participant - 82
Countries represented - 18
Avg calories burned daily - 3410
Eggs - 44600
Pounds of pasta - 1200
Gallons of water - 18800
Portable toilets - 1100
Butt balm packets - 18000
The "rubber meets the road" guy welcomes us to the Half-Way to LA point during our 97.7 miles traveled. Woo Hoo! Evil Twins conquered!

 

 

I am honored to be riding for Jeff today. His sister picked today when I sent her the route link. Knowing that, I'm assuming this route reflects a glimpse of him and from what I've seen so far he must have been an amazing person. I hope as you see today's pictures, you will send warm thoughts of Jeff to his family. Here 's to you, Jeff!

I wish I could have captured more of the views for you as they were glorious. It was a long day and I barely made it before the route closed. I reached the last rest stop 10 minutes before closing so I filled my water bottle and kept rolling. I didn't want Jeff's day ending with me on a bus! So instead, I enjoyed a final 10 miles of tailwind. As we rolled into wherever we are tonight, children waved, held out their hands for a high-five and one little girl held a poster that said "believe in yourself!" A couple of kids asked what we were doing and a rider answered "raising awareness about AIDS." I often think about how different I hope the world will be if our children don't have to deal with AIDS. As long as there are children, there is hope.

The AIDS Lifecycle has, in the course of its history, covered 20 million miles by its riders. This year, we raised $14.2 million to buy days of life. We were not able to buy days for Jeff but he inspires us to try to do so for others.

Don't stop believing!

Hugs to Jeff's family tonight.