What an amazing bunch of people we have on our 1,000 K's 4 Kids Tour de Hunter. All up we had 13 people come down with "the outbreak". All of them are almost back on track now - some have rejoined us and the rest are joining us tomorrow. Everyone has been so supportive and helping each other in so many ways.
Karissa had to go home due to sickness and Shari, Kerry, Paul and Nick had all been sick so they were put into the one car for the day - the Fun Therapy Car. The guys really stepped up and got into the spirit of the ride providing lots of great dress ups on the side of the road to keep everyone's spirits up on what was a really tough day.
After an incredible breakfast from the Gloucester Lions Club this morning everyone hit the road. The riders conquered 90 kms today with lots of climbing of hills - ups and downs all day.
We visited Stroud Road School with a total of 20 kids. They had a "Wear Your PJ's to School Day" to support Camp Quality and we all had a lovely time visiting with them.
We then left there and headed to Dungog Public School where our amazing Supply Van (Kath and Maree) had a great lunch set up for everyone. We stayed for the Puppet Show and to chat with the kids and then it was time to hit the road again to tackle the Bingleburras. Our amazing Puppeteers stayed on in Dungog to taking the Puppet Show to St. Joseph's at Dungog.
Meanwhile the Logistics Van and Don and Trish had arrived in East Gresford at The Beatty Hotel to get set up for the night. It is very cosy accommodation with very few beds available so we needed lots of blow up beds ready to go.
Everyone is now sitting around outside in the sun catching up on the day, sharing a drink together. Support Crew are busy washing all the jerseys and knicks, blogging, banking and doing whatever else needs to be done to be ready to go again tomorrow.
We have several family members who have come to visit this afternoon and we are all excited about Karaoke tonight. Stay tuned for more updates a bit later.
Donna.
PS - not enough email to post photos so they are coming later.
Nothing like a touch of adventure and mayhem to add to a CQ challenge event - that's the sort of unexpected surprise you sign up for and then conquer and be super proud of what you have achieved.
ReplyDeleteSo glad everyone is starting to feel schmick again after the outbreak! Take care of each other and thank you for going above and beyond, not giving up to raise money for children living with cancer in our region. Lots of love and hugs Lynnie xo