Cedar Rapids 85 miles

Today was a frustrating ride to say the least. We tried to stay off of the busy highway and were taking beautiful backroads until we were no longer able to find a good route through. We ended up back on the busier road and added 20 miles to the day by doing so. Either way, we made Cedar Rapids and had a great time at the local park. First we had a sponsored China Buffet for lunch right before Adam and I performed another KOB show. Once again, this one was unique and a lot of fun for everyone. We were able to swim and shower at the pool facility that was in the park as well. One funny story about that was watching a teammate named Peter try to do a "gainer" off the diving board, in his cycling spandex, and flailing like a fish before finally landing on his side.........then we convinced him to try it again resulting in the same comical disaster. The visit was a dinner and conversation session. I had a blast talking to a 37 year old named Trent. He was hilarious and told story after story about how he has a 10th degree blackbelt in arm wrestling and that he is known as the "Chinese Dragon" and if I am ever in trouble to just yell that name and he will be there to rescue me, pretty funny! I also met Ken, a very nice guy who works janitorial work at a local school and expressed how he just wanted a friend to do stuff with but that nobody would ever talk to him at work. It was interesting how he was expressing disappointment in everyone always being in such a hurry around him that I couldn't help but think about those with disabilities that I see daily and never do more than just say hi. Anyway, after the visit we went to Camp Courageous where we stayed for the night. The campers were all out in the woods for the night so we went and hung out with them as you can see in the picture. After spending some quality time with them we decided to build a campfire of our own and have a little team smores eating time around the fire. Great times!