Take today away

Rode 122km on Wednesday. Got to Larned at 1:15. The temp was 105 with 14mph SW headwind. There was nothing between Hutchinson and Larned. No 7-11, no gas, nothing. If not for mom I couldn’t have made it. That’s why this is OUR Ride to Pikes Peak. We’re a team. I would not be here without mom. Today could not have happened except for a man in Indiana who became an organ donor. Take today away. The day he signed up as an organ donor was a day that saved the lives of at least 4 or 5 people including my mother.

Stop .. take a second .. imagine the ways that man’s signature changed the lives of donor recipients, their families, their neighbors, their co-workers, society.

ADDENDUM
Thursday rode 132km to Cimmaron. Put a few extra miles “in the bank.” Colorado border is getting close. -- Lots of new pictures from Wednesday and Thursday. -- In Larned we met David Clapsaddle, a Zebulon Pike expert, who has a Spanish artifact discovered at a site where the Spanish searched for Pike's group. -- Called Cornbread show on WIL. Thanks CB and Pat for putting PKD out there. -- Will get silly with Bill and mom in historic, tourist Dodge City. Cookie gets a rest as we go out for steak.