Crescent, Iowa

Date: 7/19/06
Mileage: 73

Funds Raised:

$10,884.62 for Kupenda
+$10.00 thanks to Jill and Ben
+$20.00 thanks to Homer
+$75.00 thanks to Pam
+$15.00 thanks to Tom Keller (bought a T-Shirt)
+$15.00 thanks to James Singleton (bought a T-Shirt)
+$40.00 thanks to myUncle Frankie and Aunt Colleen
$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!!!

$8,420.00 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!

This morning we got up early because we knew it was going to be extremely hot. The heat index was forcasted to reach 115 by 1:00. Since we only had about 75 miles we knew we could be done well before 1:00 if we left early enough. We hit the road at 5:45. Dave Pease, who lives in Peru, joined us for the first 16 miles of our ride, from Peru to Nebraska City. It was awesome having him ride with us in the early morning!! He is super fit and got up the big hills with noooo problem. Thanks Dave!

(Dave Pease left early with us in the morning)

We arrived at Crescent to a very warm welcome! We are staying with Kamla and her family who we found through warmshowers.org. That website is awesome for finding really cool people. A local news paper and a local TV station came to interview us. Its great to get this much exposure to our causes and to help diabetics. It was amazing because while talking to the newspaper reporter we found out that he has diabetes. He was on the shots instead of the insulin pump like Adam. By the end of the interview I think that we actually convinced him that the pump would change his life for the better if he switched!!! Stuff like that is what AFC is all about!!

(Fox 42 news came to interview us...
It was soooooo hot outside!)

We had a cookout at night and they invited tons of friends over! The best part was that they have a friend who owns a bus. He brought his bus over and we took it out to a karaoke bar in Omaha, Nebraska (which is right down the street).

(AFC Yokey!)

(Amazing bus that drove us to yokey)

For those keeping score.... our yokey stats are:

States Visisted: 8
States Karaoked: 8

ohhhhh yea! we are yokey masterminds!! :)


-Pattt