Friday, June 25th; and Saturday, June 26th
When we pulled into Arapahoe, Nebraska, I think we all breathed a huge sigh of relief that we could finally get off of our bikes for more than 12 hours and give our quads and butts a little rest. We had done more than 350 miles in the past four days, battling gusts of headwind and crosswinds up to 40 mph, temperatures in the high 90’s, extreme humidity, and a lot of hills. We got to stay with host families that fed us delicious food, did our laundry, let us drive their cars around, and let us watch Disney movies on loop. As a team, we are definitely obsessed with Disney. On more than one occasion we’ve been spotted biking hands-free while doing dramatic hand gestures and belting out the lyrics to “Be a Man” from Mulan and “Hakuna Matata” from the Lion King. In fact, there’s a video clip of us dancing to and acting out “Hakuna Matata” at a water stop that I kind of hope doesn’t make it on to YouTube… haha. In the evening we attended Arapahoe’s Relay for Life where we walked around the track, ate monkey bread, scored free hand lotions and Swiss Miss chocolate milks, played Rock Band, and got to talk to some amazing cancer survivors and families. By about eleven pm we were all worn out and headed to bed, thankful to pass out on comfy beds and sleep in past 4:30!
- Pooja Singal
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