Cancer Patient Story
This morning while we were eating breakfast at the hotel a woman named Jamie came in to the dining area and struck up a conversation with us. Jamie noticed we had our cycling clothes on and was interested in what we were doing. She was with her mother who has late stage Pancreatic Cancer and was driving her mother to Arizona so she could visit where she had grown up one last time. They dubbed their trip "Driving Miss Dixie". Jamie's story made it very clear why we are raising funds through our bicycle trip for the Lazarex Cancer Foundation, in Danville, California.
Lazarex Cancer Foundation supports late stage cancer patients by helping them locate clinical cancer trials, provide them with transportation, food, and lodging and erasing the barriers that prevent cancer patients from participating in clinical trials.
Day 3:
We woke up to blue skies and rode with tail winds all day. This was such a nice gift from the weather gods and made our day go fast despite the bad road conditions. These conditions make us very thankful for our heavy touring bikes with larger tires to absorb the punishment. It's a shame that the state and counties don't take better care of them.
It never fails on a long cross country ride that we don't have odd moments. Our odd moment today was a woman in the middle of the desert far away from any town in an evening gown. Anna is a Russian woman who was accompanied by a photographer for a photo shoot of historical places. She was from Los Angeles and was doing the shoot for something in Russia. It was a moment we will not soon forget.
We also met a gentleman who stop by to chat with us about our trip. He was a Herpetologist and was out monitoring the snake population in the desert. He was very knowledgeable about the area, and roads. He warned us not to walk out into the desert because Mohave Sidewinder rattle snakes are out there and are the same color as the sand. We assured him that we will just be on the rough road. He was a bit of a character and talked about his training the military on shooting out in the desert. We aren't sure how much of that to believe wholeheartedly.
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