Day 2 Cycle for Life Alberta

A lovely, sunny, warm morning to wake up to in La Crete. No sign at that time of the giant horse flies that practically overtook the cyclists, not to mention the support vehicle yesterday as we travelled south. John, Adam, Kim and I left La Crete after the morning church service at La Crete Christian Fellowship, where we talked about AIDS, Peace, Cycle for Life Kenya, to a packed church audience of at least 450 people. (See Kim's blog coming up). We drove to the ferry at Tompkins landing, and had apparently missed the two signs that said "Ferry Closed". We got to the ferry at 1:29, and they had just closed because of high water levels. Even suggesting they take just one more run across the river didn't work, and so we drove back to La Crete, to High Level, and then back down HWY 35 to Paddle Prairie where Adam and John resumed the Cycling at the spot we marked yesterday. That little "back flip" cost us 2 hours of cycling time ... but Adam and John still, by 8:15, had packed away 117 km. They are amazing cyclists. Steady. Determined. Fast. This is only my second day in the support van, and now I want to work harder raising funds for AIDS .... what John and Adam are doing is hard, amazing work ... cycling for people affected by AIDS.