Today's ride started out great we had some gorgeous weather and scenery. However 30 miles into the ride we came up on a construction zone that did not seem to end. So the team had to rack for the last 50 miles into Salt Lake.
We had our first arrival in a while. We rode into the local Saturn dealership where they provided us with lunch. We quickly showered to get to the local raging waters water park for a friendship visit. We all had a great time with our new friends at the water park. There a particular slide with a big drop and even though all of us were a little hesitant everyone made it down the slide safely. Usually when our team goes somewhere a lot of people stare at us because were such big crowd, but at the water park everyone wasn't staring because of are large crowd, but because we had such weird tan lines. I mean my stomach and back are completely white compared to my arms, legs and face.
The next day we had a day off from cycling, but we had a friendship visit a the National Abilities Center – Bronfman Family Recreational Center & Ranch. This was one of my favorite friendship visits yet. This center is doing some wonderful things for people with disabilities. They have a range of people that come to the center to enjoy their facilities. This week kids with visual impairment stayed at the center. I had the pleasure of spending time with lovely girl named Bridgen, who is blind and has a cochlear-implant due to her loss of hearing at an early age. She was extremely bright. She's a senior in high school and said she wants to be a child psychologist and help children with disabilities. She spoke often about her older brother who wants to be an optometrist to help people who are blind.
Before I spoke to Bridgen the north team got to climb a 30 foot rock wall, only blindfolded. It was pretty difficult and scary.
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