Here is my first blog entry to document my time spent on the Journey of Hope. Today the cyclists and crew continued our orientation meetings in the morning. This primarily dealt with policies and procedures to make sure we stay safe in all situations we may encounter. This is especially significant because there will be many different scenarios we will have to deal with during the 4,000 miles of cycling on the road over the next two months. After this, we quickly stopped by the coast near where we are lodged. Though it is early June in California the temperature was a bit chilly along with some pretty strong winds; needless to say no one actually entered the water more than ankle-deep. In the afternoon we had our first friendship visit of the Journey of Hope. It was located at the Janet Pomeroy Center where we had a chance to interact with the people with disabilities there by playing basketball and sharing dinner with them. One of the members of the club, Michael, celebrated his 52nd birthday at the center with us. Another person that made an impact on me was a girl named Skylar who basically made up whatever dance she wanted and then myself along with three other cyclists just followed along. Skylar, myself, and the other cyclists were all laughing and having a great time the whole 30 minutes or so we copied every move she wanted us to mimic. This was my first friendship visit of the kind I have had the pleasure of participating in, and this is something I definitely look forward to as a regular part of our evening schedules over the next couple months. That is all I have for today but I will keep this as updated as I can with information about the outings at the charities we will work with and those we get the opportunity to meet at these events. Also, once the cycling begins on Sunday I will include information and photos from that portion of the day as well.
Location: San Francisco, CA
On the (cold and windy) California coast
Michael and I
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