Day 2

Well i would like to tell you that I fully recovered from day ones problems but that was not the case.  I never felt good on the bike and as the wind and the day worn on my body and mind just gave out.  20 miles short of the end I had to call it quits and hope that day three would be better.  This was not easy to do as I don't like to fail and don't like to quit.  Something really good came from this for me however.  I posted my disappointment onto facebook and received a lot responses.  All of them were very encouraging and helped to remind me that it is not about my single effort of completing a bike ride it is why I am doing this.  People with PD don't have good days everyday why should I.  This ride has always been a type of metaphor for those how deal with PD on a daily basis.  We are traveling West into the wind and uphill just like my Dad and Carl we will keep fighting day after day trying to make things better.  They are the reason we are riding not to accomplish something for ourselves.

Ok on a fun note.  As we were riding we ran across this.

That's right folks in the middle of nowhere a miniature Hubble telescope.  This was in someones front yard, i rolled up to there neighbors and started to talk to them about it.  That's when I got asked a question that I did not see coming.  This older gentleman said "son can I ask you a question, if you died to day where would you go", ok i was thinking of a bunch of smart aleck comments, but I answered Heaven.  And that is when the next 10 minutes got into religion.  Not a bad thing just did not see it coming.

Even with a disappointment comes understanding.  That was my lesson for the day and it would prove useful.