Day 2 in Savannah

Yesterday in Savannah involved meeting with children at the Matthew Reardon Center courtesy of Hellen. Seeing the joy that was brought to the faces of these children by our appearance and news about our project was unbelievable; it really confirms every reason for this journey. While at the Matthew Reardon Center, also, Sean and I spoke with a WTOC news anchor about our project and our future endeavors. After that we returned to the hotel for a quick nap before hitting the pavement for another 40 mile day. It was a rather uneventful skate, only coming across two dogs that even made haphazard attempts to chase us. We were prepared this time, however, with some weapons of our own if the dogs did chase us down this day. The roads that we skated on were nice and smooth with relatively little traffic. We skated past a beautiful country club and I wanted to hit the links quite badly. The most eventful occurrence during the day was when a local heaved a metal tire pressure gauge directly past my head and dorve off yelling. I was furious, but there was nothing I could do.

This morning was more of the same as yesterday, a rather uneventful 20 miles of skating. Today my knees hurt badly, but the guys were there for support and helped me along for the entire trip today. We saw another beautiful golf course on our way today and I wondered to myself where the courses like these are near my house. The crew wrapped up 20 miles, and at a feverish pace (20+ miles in 90 minutes). I don't know how much longer I can keep up paces like that, but I will certainly try and see how things go.

Jason O.