Today was a hard day for me mentally and physically. To start, we came right ouside of the parking lot of the hotel and started on a climb up pinto summit. About 2/3 of the way up, we ran into some bikers riding to Virginia. I got a good rest and then started up while 3 of the other riders were talking to them. We (my dad and I) weren’t too far from the top when I turned around and saw Larry. My thought was “oh no” so I told my dad that I was gonna go ahead and try and beat Larry. I beat Larry by about 50 feet. Then we came down and went up the next climb. Pancake summit was the second one and it wasn’t that hard. Then we went up Little Antelope next and that was a KILLER. It was so long and big that they should name it something like Gigantic Antelope summit or something like that because it definitely was not very little.

We hit Robinson Pass and that wiped me out so bad. It was hard to even think straight while going up that. I had to think of other people that had this disease and just said, “it hurts me but not as bad as it hurts them.” And I was just going up the mountain thinking about everyone that hurts and how this helps find a cure for them. That was the hardest part for me and it really hurt me bad. We had a 20 mile downhill drop and pulled into Ely. I was never so happy to see a McDonald’s. After that we got back on our bikes and only had less than 40 miles left. I couldn’t go any further but I gave it the best I could so I racked it and rode the rest of the way in the car. I was glad to because it started to just pour. It was like someone had just turned on a sink and let the water gush. There was so much water that on the inclines and declines, water was pooling. My dad said that he was almost starting to hydroplane. They made it to the end and since I got to rest for the rest of the way, I decided that I would pull my weight and pack everything and move everything for the riders so they could get dry and warm.

All in all, it was an good day. I can’t wait for tomorrow to be in my home state and in Delta. I’m glad that I could try to do my part in helping to get a cure for cancer. I’m also very excited for saturday. I get to see my aunt and that’s a pretty powerful thing seeing her house because her husband died and she prepares good food for us to eat. Our next stop is Huntsman where there will be at least one person (who had cancer) waiting for us to pull into Huntsman. She (and her family) will be there to thank us and it will really be an emotional day for me.