Audubon, IA (RAGBRAI Day 2)

Date: 7/24/06
Mileage: 77

Funds Raised:

$11,834.62 for Kupenda
$20,000 is the goal for Kupenda. That is the amount needed to build a boarding facility so that 30+ children, who have disabilities, will get to go to school!!! It is a chance to really make a difference in a lot of people's lives!!!

$8,770.00 for ADA
Battling diabetes is something that is close to our hearts since Adam has Type I Diabetes. AFC's mission at it's core is to raise awareness, show other diabetics that anything is possible, and to do anything to combat diabetes!

(Bye Bye Verlyn and Carol! Thanks so much)

Today was actually a very hard day. It was constant rolling hills and the wind was in our faces all day long! We woke up at 6:00 and we were out the door early so that we could get to the next town and setup our stand at the Expo. Yesterday we got to the end town too late to setup for the expo so we missed it.

Weezal and Jason Cusick did just fine on all the hills and against all the wind! They came out here fit and ready for RAGBRAI... No doubt!

(Best High Five pic ever!

Picture taken by Suga)

When we got to the expo there were no people there but we heard from the other vendors that it would surely pick up later! Unfortunately they were wrong. We sat at our stand for 5 hours and no one showed up. The whole expo was empty. We got to talk to only one or two people. Oh well... We tried :). We will try again at the expo on Wednesday mabye we will have more luck then!

Our tent is not doing too well. This isn't a big deal because we don't really have many days of camping left on our trip, most of our remaining days we have places to stay with nice people :). The only problem is that we do have a couple more days of camping like tonight. Sleeping outside is great, unless it rains. We decided to risk it and we slept outside. Luckily it only rained for like 5 minutes and then stopped.

PhillyK AndyK Support:
During RAGBRAI the Ks work hard and follow a planned route for the 'support vehicles'. They meet up with us a the designated halfway town point and again at the finish! It is pretty hard for them because there are tons and tons of bikers everywhere, but the Ks can do anything!

-Pattt