and $4,000 to Go!

Well, today was the first bike-a-thon in five years that I did not -- could not -- ride.

But the people at the cancer society were really nice and still let me be a part of the event by volunteering. I worked at the starting line with my Mom. We handed out boxes to the safety riders, zone monitors, and handed out envelopes to bike shops.

When we were done working we watched everybody go over the bridge. Then we got doughnuts and drove to the end point(my Mom got lost on the way). We got to the end point at 8:50, because it was so early we tried to meet my Dad and Noelle at one of the rest stops. (We got lost again.) When we finally found where we were going, we found out the road we needed to get on was BLOCKED!!! So we went back to the end point.

At the end point we got the second farthest away parking spot. Inside the park we tried to find the lake, water slide, and pool. They weren't on the map (we didn't know our way around yet because it was a new park.) Once we found them we went to the pool first. There was barely anybody there. But as the day went on the crowd grew. By the time my dad and sister got there, the pool was REALLY crowded!

As they arrived we video taped them riding in and took their picture. When we were done we ate a wonderful lunch (I had a delicious chicken Cesar salad. Lunch was over and it was time for more fun!! Time to hit the pool, paddle boats, canoes, the sandy, shallow lake, and the deep, sea weedy, dock filled lake!!!!! We had such a great time!!!

Even though I didn't ride in Philly I hope to ride in the Pittsburgh Bike-a-thon in August. It all depends on my knee.

I (we) are still able to fund-raise and have until August 15th to collect $4,000 to reach our goal.

If you can, please help us make a difference in the fight against cancer.

Kate