Lake Havasu, AZ

So I am here at Lake Havasu and the team is being treated like kings!!! This place is amazing and the town loves us. We rode in to an amazing group of people waiting for us including our main sponsor here, Brigid. I was also interviewed for the local paper and I got on the front page! http://www.havasunews.com/ Here is the site so go check it out! We dropped a few hundred feet on the arrival so as we were going down the mountain we had an amazing view of the entire valley with the lake. Brigid has been absolutely amazing making sure we are treated so well. And we definitely have not gone hungry!!! I have eaten so much the past day and a half that tomorrow's ride will not be fun! Brigid started the Self-Advocacy Group called Bobcats here in Lake Havasu. After we put all our stuff away we loaded up in the vans and we had a sponsored day on the lake in a two level yacht! I rode a jet ski for the first time which was awesome and the rest of the time we played in the water, jumping off the yacht and relaxing in the 115 degree heat. We also had, what seemed like, an endless supply of food as well. After hanging out with the yacht club we went back to our lodging where we saw a huge banner in the middle of town saying "Welcome Journey of Hope" We showered up before our huge dinner, dance, and friendship visit which took place at our lodging (The Aquatic Center). The dinner and dance was so much fun. So many people from the community came out and we filled the entire gym full of people and organizations. There was so much food and we all just stuffed ourselves. Afterwards there was a local band that played for us and at the end of the night we chanted so much they played about 30 extra minutes for us. The dance was so much fun. Having dances and friendship visits like these really makes all of us realize that people with disabilities are just like us and all about having fun!

On our day off today we had an early wake up because we had a sponsored breakfast by The Knights of Columbus with pretty much all you can eat pancakes, sausage, and eggs! We had another friendship visit right after that at New Horizon which is a community for people with disabilities. This was great going here becuase we were able to see a lot of the participants from the dance. For dinner we went to one of the Councilman's house which was at the top of a hill with an beautiful view of the entire lake. We had a huge dinner and pool party here. I love this place. The only thing I am really having to get used to is the fact that it is above 105 degrees pretty much every day. But thankfully it is dry heat...once we get in the south where there is a ton of humidity is when things are going to get bad! Also I know things are getting crazy because now when I wake up, I am thankful knowing we ONLY have 75 or 80 miles that day! haha. But I love this so far. Journey of Hope is definitely a life changing experience and I am absolutely blessed beyond measure to have this opportunity to cycle across the United States with an amazing group of men and do it to help others.