Today had to be one of my favorites of the whole trip. This morning we got up and everyone racked about 20 miles until we got out of the park because we only had a one day pass to ride our bikes through the park. So the start to our ride today went along a large lake that I can’t recall the name of. Basically we were riding along this beautiful lake and across from it was the base of the Teton Mountain Range. This ride really was incredible, I felt like I was riding in Europe or something, it just didn’t seem real that the mountains were only miles from us as we practically rode at the base of them. What made the ride even more fun is that we were cruising the whole was to Jackson, WY. We averaged 20 mph which meant on flat ground we were going about 23 mph and down hills we would hit 30 mph. I love consistently going that fast. We took 2 minute pulls so none of us would get too tired and to maintain our speed. Since we only had 45 miles that day it was nice to be able to just fly and not worry about conserving energy like you do a 80 or 100 mile day.
When we arrived into the city of Jackson we stopped about 10 blocks short of our arrival location for a stage up. When we stage up it means that we usually have a police escort and follow them into the city in pairs as they stop traffic. These are always fun because people stare and wonder who we are and what we are doing, its great publicity for the Journey of Hope and Push America. As the police escorted the 22 of us to this main park we were greeted by some fans from the disability centers holding signs and cheering for us. It was a very cool site to see, especially because one of the kids with disabilities got to ride his bike with us into our arrival. Upon arriving the Mayor greeted us and was very appreciative of what we were doing and how we were supporting people with disabilities. He was a real nice guy and seemed to really love Jackson, WY. He gave us some Wyoming pins, a nice little reminder of our time there.
Our sponsors love us coming through here and had a fun day planned for us. They fed us pizza for lunch and then took us over to one of the local ski mountains where we got to go up the ski lift and ride down on these roller carts that sat on a fiber glass track. A bunch of us went up about 4 or 5 times and would race to the bottom, a few of the guys over turned their carts and got some pretty nasty burns from the track which made for some great stories later.
The day continued to get better as we all road into Driggs, ID where we were staying on a ranch for the night. This place was incredible and sat on about 2,0
00 acres with their border being National Forrest and a full view of the Teton Mountain Range. I was overwhelmed at how nice the 3 log cabins were on the property. Virtually everyone has their own bed and we get to stay here a whole day!
When we arrived into the city of Jackson we stopped about 10 blocks short of our arrival location for a stage up. When we stage up it means that we usually have a police escort and follow them into the city in pairs as they stop traffic. These are always fun because people stare and wonder who we are and what we are doing, its great publicity for the Journey of Hope and Push America. As the police escorted the 22 of us to this main park we were greeted by some fans from the disability centers holding signs and cheering for us. It was a very cool site to see, especially because one of the kids with disabilities got to ride his bike with us into our arrival. Upon arriving the Mayor greeted us and was very appreciative of what we were doing and how we were supporting people with disabilities. He was a real nice guy and seemed to really love Jackson, WY. He gave us some Wyoming pins, a nice little reminder of our time there.
Our sponsors love us coming through here and had a fun day planned for us. They fed us pizza for lunch and then took us over to one of the local ski mountains where we got to go up the ski lift and ride down on these roller carts that sat on a fiber glass track. A bunch of us went up about 4 or 5 times and would race to the bottom, a few of the guys over turned their carts and got some pretty nasty burns from the track which made for some great stories later.
The day continued to get better as we all road into Driggs, ID where we were staying on a ranch for the night. This place was incredible and sat on about 2,0
00 acres with their border being National Forrest and a full view of the Teton Mountain Range. I was overwhelmed at how nice the 3 log cabins were on the property. Virtually everyone has their own bed and we get to stay here a whole day!
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