The 2010 Brigham City Tour de Cure featured rain, wind, cool temperatures and a lot of enthusiastic cyclists. With some riding 100 miles, 60 miles and 25 miles, though all riding with the common goal of finding a cure for Diabetes.
Joseph's fund raising efforts included selling cotton candy at Horace Mann Elementary. Ironic right? selling such a sugary treat for a diabetes cause!?! Anyway, they were successful in raising a fair amount of money for this cause. In addition there were some VERY generous donations given by some friends and family. We are overwhelmed at the thought of such generosity.
We woke up this morning to severe wind and very cold and heavy rain. I wondered if Shanda and Joseph really were going to venture out and ride in such conditions. Despite the harsh weather they got the bikes loaded and were off to the ride. Joseph's cub scout leader and friend Steve also joined the ride and as they loaded the bikes on his bike rack, they discovered the 3 bikes wouldn't fit. So I advanced my timetable for going up to meet them, and carried Joseph's bike to the starting line.
Turns out us being there early was a good thing as we were able to leap frog the riders and take some really fun pictures. The kids loved jumping out of the vehicle and cheering for all the riders as they rode past. I think Joseph really enjoyed giving his siblings "high five's" as he rode by.
At the half-way point the three of them looked really good and seemed to be having a great time. The turn around point was in Bear River, and I took the kids to a local convenience store to pick up some snacks. I left the store with a noticeably lighter wallet...
After a few more stops we raced ahead to make sure we could get some parking and then a good spot at the finish line to take some pictures of the riders as they came across the finish line. Shanda's mom and grandma Bowler were there to congratulate Shanda and Joseph. They finished about 1:20pm and after staying back for a bit to see the exhibitors, etc we took the little ones to McDonalds for a nice completion to the day.
2 comments:
Way to go -- So much fun to see you riding together! Great pictures! Love, Gramma Richey
awesome! Joseph looks like a mini-Lance Armstrong in that first picture...looks like he's ready to take on the Tour de France! :) Also...love the picture of Grandma Bowler in her camo get-up! :)
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