07/26 and 27 Indianapolis

Wrapping our last two days in Indiana was Indianapolis. The ride in was short, between 40 and 45 miles but the last half of it was in pouring down rain. It was dark and a lot cooler than it has been lately. It was mostly flat however not too bad of a ride. Lodging was in the dorms at Marion College. When it came to choosing room assignments Andrew and I randomly chose the same room. Each person got their own bed and we had our own bathroom too! After a nice hot shower, just what I needed after a ride in the rain, we made our way to lunch at a pizza place. The weather was no longer cool and rainy but had become warm and humid now. Dinner was spaghetti and we played power soccer at a rec. center with a few individuals that use electric wheel chairs (that's what power soccer is). They use a bigger ball and have attachments on the end of the chair to hit the ball with. It was pretty cool but it wasn't something you could just pick up. They were alot better than us. Eventually, a small group of us went to White Castle! Not as exciting as I made it seem though. I didn't like the food and some old man came up to us and started singing songs and told us to take a picture of him because he would be famous someday. Then when we were leaving he asked for a dollar so it made more sense. I was up until 2:00 am this night working on blog updates. See the sacrifices I make for you guys?

On the next day I woke up at 7:00 am and took a shower before going on a live spot on Indianapolis' FOX station. It was only 4-5 minutes and all I did was hold a map of our routes. It was good media coverage though and we always appreciate getting on the news. Breakfast was pastries and fruit. Lunch was a barbecue with the Noble of Indiana. This was a big, fun friendship visit with lots to do. I however found myself in the percussion room which they use for musical therapy and relaxing. We just banged on drums and tambourines. I also busted a move in the gym to hits like "YMCA" and "You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog." One guy I was dancing with was Charlie who was having a great time. At the end we gave a grant and the CEO of the organization was there very thankful and very grateful. For dinner we went to the home of a mother of a former team member and had tacos. It was nice to have some chill time; we watched Home Improvement and Seinfeld. Some distant relatives of ours tracked us down and met us there which was a surprise to say the least. Really cool though that they had never met us and yet really supported what we were doing and were just excited to see us! They even brought cookies and some delicious home-made brownies!