Ride For The Roses
Cancer Survivor or not … if you have a chance to attend this event once in your life time .. you should. I do not think I can do the event justice here in my journal.
The four of us (My wife Carrie, and our friends Pete & Brenda) arrived on Thursday in Austin, Texas to a record high temperature of 90 degrees! 
Here is a look out our hotel window. We stayed at the Woodward Hotel.
Friday morning we decided to head over to the LiveSTRONG Village in the Palmer Events Center.
We checked out the various vendor displays, bought some goodies, and then headed back to our hotel to rest up for the Peloton Appreciation Dinner.
We arrived at the Peloton Appreciation Dinner to the sound of Cowboys playing guitars …
Here is a blurry photo of one of the items up for bid in the silent auction.
A look around the outside area….
A photo of me …
Inside the dining building …
A VERY blurry photo of George Hincapie …
Robin Williams! I took that photo from my dining seat. Carrie almost was able to get her photo taken with him. His handler swept him away once the crowd got a little big. Mr. Williams seemed very personable though. We always saw him chatting with people here and there.
This next photo is of Kevin and Kathy. Both of them are cancer survivors. I found Kevin’s page on the LAF site and noticed that he lived in the town I grew up in. So on a whim I tracked him down and called and suggested that we try to ride together on Sunday. We met for the first time at the Peloton Appreciate Dinner. I was very glad that I contacted them.
My best friend (Carrie my wife) and I. I couldn’t imagine anyone else sharing this experience with me.
I rode 74 miles in 5 Hours and 6 Minutes and raised $10,490!!!
