Today, the Texas 4000 for Cancer, the world's longest charity bicycle ride, from Austin to Anchorage kicked off in Cedar Park, just north of Austin. Joel Farris, our niece's boyfriend, is one of the riders in the 4500-mile, two-month-plus long trek. The first leg was a 70-mile route from Cedar Park to Lampasas. We went to see them off this morning and meet them at a couple of resting points along the way. While there will be around 50 riders (mostly students) with their sights set on Alaska, there were almost 400 bicycle riders who participated in the first day's trip. One of them was our niece, Jillian. She completed the entire 70 miles riding a fixed-gear (single-speed) bike. I am very proud of her. Way to go, Jillian! The web site for the event: www.texas4000.org. This annual bike ride has raised over $1.4 million to fight cancer since 2004.
We plan to be back home on Monday. Hope to see many of you soon.
God Bless,
Kenny and Helen
7 comments:
Hi,
How interesting! I can't imagine riding a bicycle for 4500 miles. It must be nice to be young. :-)
I'm glad that things went well for you this past week. Also, I'm glad y'all are coming home soon. Stay safe.
We love you.
Still praying,
Lloyd & Virginia
hey kenny and helen,
that would be a very proud event to participate in. makes one humble. glad u guys get to come home soon. still praying for u. our praise band and team pray for u guys every time we meet. love u both lots, debi
I almost rode a fixie while balancing an egg on my helmet. It was eggstraordinary!!! I was all yolked up!
O, I almost forgot. Thanks for coming out and supporting Joel and Jillian. It was an eggciting time while Jillian was scrambling to the finish. I love hanging out with ya'll and laughing at stupid stuff like we have done for years. Considered yourselves loved and prayed for. Mol
wanted to call since i didn't talk to u yesterday. figured it wasn't a good time. still don't know when we're getting together for mom and dad's 60th. bill and jamie suggested friday, but if another time is better for u guys, (like when would that be, right?) that's what we want. we'll talk later. i told mom and dad we were getting together, we just didn't know exactly when. please know that we are thinking of u often and praying for u every time we think of u. love u both so very much. debi
What an exciting thing to watch. Glad you got to see that. I don't know how anyone could ride that far. I would never even make the first 70 miles, even in my prime! Anyway, I love you both and continue to pray for you. Hope all is still well.
hey kenny and helen, just wanted u guys to know that i am still praying for u both. hope u had a wonderful anniversary. also hope u get to come home today. love u both so much, debi
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