The Hope Ride 2

I received a gift back from LIVESTRONG! Such a heartfelt card and for the 15 year Cancer free anniversary bracelet. 🥺 I love it!!

These 5 year anniversary trips are never meant to be about me, but rather the purpose is to give HOPE to others and share their stories of strength and courage!

So THANK YOU LIVESTRONG!! 🎗️

(Part 1 of 3!)

Going back to day 14 and overnight to 15..

After trying to pedal 40 miles to Santa Cruz with a 17mph headwind and have sand blasted in my face I could only pedal 20 miles. I ended up at this fancy KOA campground where they even had a petting zoo! This is where I met the lovely family,Kevin and Amanda and their daughter. They came to go camping for the weekend to just get off the grid for a bit. Amanda is a writer and Kevin works at a college as a scientist. In my video I was looking for the words ‘Hadron Collider’. (Where they send atoms and light speeds that smash into each other to figure out if there is matter smaller than atoms.) Anyway, he does experiments on that. Oddly enough he has always wanted to own his own bicycle shop but figured he never would since he makes a lot more money doing what he does now. Since mine was still acting up he offered to take a look the following morning! He fixed it! (When I am cranking hard up a hill and your bike randomly shifts gears, its not fun!) It seems after people fix my bike it slowly goes back to what it was doing before..
Anyway, they were an amazing family that cooked breakfast for me! They also provided great conversation the night I arrived and the morning we both left the campground! One day Kevin you’ll do a long distance ride that you have always wanted to! I did tell him only another Kevin could fix my bike lol.