Tristyn,

Good morning my friend. Another fine morning today of riding. We decided to see if steak and eggs is what gave us the energy we had yesterday and we might have found our fuel source. We took our time rolling out, watched a bit if the Tour de France to get motivated. If only we could ride half as fast as those guys.

Well it was a fast day, cloudy, very little wind which was a blessing. Our goal is Holdrege, NE, only 72 miles today. By 1130am we where already in Kearney where we stopped for some lunch. Our gps decided to stop working here and we had to go old school.... That's right, we had to ask for directions. I know, the thought of it.

We turned south out of Kearney and soon crossed over the Platte River. This shallow stretch of water is what Lewis and Clark navigated up on their way to the West coast. Pretty amazing to think a few hundred years ago this was pretty much uncharted territory and just moments ago I was complaining my GPS doesn't work.

Well Tristyn, it was a short day we sprinted into Holdrege around 130 pm. To our surprise we almost didn't have a place to stay, who knew the two hotels in this town would be sold out?

We took the afternoon and got some work done, biked around town to find dinner, not much out there but we heard some live music and spent some time at the city park listening to live music, which was so relaxing.

Tristyn, thanks for riding today, it was short, but a good day.

Thursday for Tristyn

My son's name is Tristyn Refior. He is 17 months old and he has 4 different heart defects. He had his first operation at 7 weeks old and his last one as of two weeks ago. He has a coarctation of the aorta, a bicuspid valve, a membrane, and Mitral valve deformity. We were one of the lucky ones who were able to catch his condition at such a young age. If Tristyn hadn't caught rsv we may not have him around today. Thank you so much for everything you are doing for our group. I wish there were more people like you around. Here are some pictures of our little miracle to help keep you inspired.

Thanks again for everything.