The people from STEPS also new someone who was manager for a restaurant so we had a breakfast buffet to start off our morning. A woman from STEPS shared with us a story about a couple of clients and the impact we had on them. She shared one story about Elsie and how proud she was to show us where she worked and what she does there. She said “it made her feel special.” That's really cool to be able to give someone that feeling when all you think you're doing is being a good listener. Because of the big breakfast I didn't get on the road until after 8:15am. We had a big police escort waiting for us so we had to be moving fast. Even with our short crew stops, my group had to be racked up for the last 4-5 miles. I rode in the last group again because a tendon or something on the outside of my left knee had begun hurting on the day before. It was just as hot and humid but we got some big help from the trees as we were riding in the shade a lot more than the previous day. Also, the shorter day helped. The grid said 85 miles but it ended up only around 70 for the guys that finished the entire ride. Once we got into lodging and I had lunch and showered, I went with Andrew so he could pick up his bike from the bike shop. On the way home we got a little lost and made it back with just enough time to change into our team clothes and get off to dinner with the team. We went to a restaurant but our meal consisted of green salad followed by pasta salad. I couldn't believe that that was our entire meal! But it was sponsored so we put on a good smile for them. When we got back from dinner we did gag gifts which was a blast! Pretty much non-stop laughing and a great bonding event as our days wind down. After the gift exchange, Andrew and I and two others went to a big bowling alley and bowled two games. It was nice to do something leisurely and different than what we had done all summer. From there we went to a really nice mall and tackled the food court, hungry again from the lack of dinner earlier. Once back to the middle school where we were staying, I did some blog updating and then got to bed.
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