Grace Valley Team, June 15

TDLGV Crew June 15

YouTube video of Rick Neptune flying down Wolf Creek Pass CO June 14:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT2qNTAEL7M

We’re in the town of Ulysses, Kansas, using wireless at the Single Tree Inn. Our riders cleared time station 23 and are moving at a great clip to time station 24 (if they’re not already there) rode through rolling hills last night in an area of Colorado so remote, everything but the grass and highway lit up by the headlights of our vehicles was absolutely impenetrable black. Brief flashes of electric blue lightning lit up the sky, but oddly not the ground. We had a few showers, which for the riders meant riding through 50 degree temperatures. Crew and cyclists are exhausted, trying to catch whatever sleep they can.

We’re challenged by logistical changes that are taking us far off our pre-planned schedule (but also giving us better efficiency), malfunctions to equipment, and terrain and geography that cut out communication between cell phones, push-to-talk Nextels, and 2-way radios.So words will not be enough to describe how absolutely overwhelmed we are by the support you’re showing the riders in the comments. I just read some comments over the phone to our riders in the shuttle, and it’s just the encouragement they need right now. This is the first time they’ve heard the comments from the blog — I’m going to be sure to pass ALL of them to crew and riders as soon as we make it to the next rendezvous point.We are also overwhelmed by God’s tremendous grace to us these past few days, as over and over again we’ve been blessed by His presence and watchful care, protecting us from harm and serious injury, and divinely ordaining seemingly . The wonders we’ve seen are too many to name right now.

Ron Lewis got a camera and microphone pointed at his face from a car for an interview while riding his turn. We’ll watch for that video update! He felt he was bonking once and forced himself to eat half a peanut butter sandwich and got totally rejuvenated. So there are highs and lows as to how they feel.

Erica on crew:

Today we went through Greensburg, Kansas, not just 6 weeks ago, this entire population of people had all they owned destroyed by a tornado. Driving through the remains of the town, I felt such a sense of loss for the people there. Seeing trees that had been stripped of all of their branches, metal strewn everywhere, the whole town meeting for meals under a tent; I couldn’t fathom what this could be like, let alone see the images of what true destruction actually looked like. RAAM had briefed us on what had happened in this town, and had also asked us for donations for the town, I hope all of this will be a small contribution to restore the town back to its original state. We are heading out of Kansas, after a very eventful day…our team is about to cross time station 29 in Yates Center, and the media crew is here rooting for the underdog of non-professional cyclists with a unified drive and vision unlike any other, to give glory to God.Last picture: Father and son Morejohn rotate out