Cincinnati, OH

August 1st

I can’t believe that it is already August!  It seems like just yesterday that we were in Seattle preparing for the trip.  Today’s ride was nice and short, only 35 miles.   We were honored to have Trevor do a crew-ride-along today.  Although he had not been on a bike for years he was able to crank out the miles without too much pain. He did collapse at lunch when he rode in because his legs hurt so badly.  The team had a good laugh watching him fall over as he rolled in!

We arrived at lodging provided by the Cincinnati Recreation Association.  After the quick ride we had the afternoon off.  Many guys took advantage of the onsite pool while other just relaxed and napped.  We had an amazing friendship visit with the adaptive recreation division.  We had the opportunity to play wheelchair football with many of the local athletes.   They did not take it easy on us.  It is full contact and a couple guys got knocked out of the wheelchairs.  We had pizza with the team afterwards and got to hear about how they adapt the rules of many sports in order to play them in wheelchairs. 

We got sponsored tickets to the Reds game tonight.  The game was awesome and we had perfect weather for baseball.  Unfortunately, the Reds lost to the Rockies but the game was still fun.  We have a long ride tomorrow so it is time to blow up the air mattress and head to bed.