Well we have finally reached civilization again after biking through the beautiful, but empty, Virginian countryside and northern Carolina border. Our route today took us from Oxford, through Durham, and on down south of Chapel Hill. It was there that we met up with the Samuelson’s whose great niece, Alexa, passed away from neuroblastoma at age 11. They have been a delight to stay with and we have enjoyed sippin’ on sweet tea, pounding some spaghetti, and topping it all off with ice cream, brownies, and a movie. The great thing about biking so much is the unrestrained diet, though our support team may need to exercise a little more caution… Only kidding, kind of.
Tomorrow afternoon Ken (Mr. Samuelson) has promised us a morning of pickle ball, ping-pong, and a filling breakfast before we ship off for our hospital visit at UNC. After our visit we will be grabbing lunch with some folks from St. Baldrick’s Foundation and returning back for another night at the Samuelson household–it’s kind of nice to not have to repack again for at least another 24 hours. We are getting closer and closer to Atlanta and things are really starting to fly by! Some publicity is also being generated and we have done a radio interview for WUOG, a blog spot for Johns Hopkins, and two more interviews with The Athens Banner Herald and The Red and Black! In addition to all of this, if you happen to be in the area, we are having a fundraising event at 6 PM Monday night (June 11th) in Athens at The Globe downtown. The folks there have graciously agreed to donate 10% of their proceeds back to Rally!
That’s all for now, pictures and video to follow!
We appreciate all of your support, please continue to check in as we hit the home stretch, and as always…
Rally On!
Zach, Hannah, Luke, and Ryan
Rally Bike Ride 2012
Rally Bike Ride 