Day off the bike in Park City

Today the team enjoyed a day off the road in for the first time in 10 days, since being in Lake Tahoe. Although we had a full schedule filled with different events, it was nice to get off the bikes for the cyclist, and for the crew members not have to worry about working the roads for a day.

The morning started for the team at 7:45 a.m. when we met outside to begin our first activity of the day. Although we weren't traveling to a different city today, we still got on the bikes and rode to breakfast, which we were escorted to by 6 members of the Park City Police department. We did a double pace line for about 4 miles until we arrived at Whole Foods where we had an absolute amazing breakfast. Even though we appreciate our crew chief breakfasts every morning, it was so nice to have some bacon, sausage gravy, and fresh fruit this morning. After breakfast we got back to lodging and changed so we could leave for our team activity.

Once everyone got their team tux on which is our team tshirt and khaki shorts we loaded up in our vans and drove over to the Utah Olympic Park. It was really cool being there because of all the history and great moments that had been made just years before. When we got there we were given the option to go zip lining or bobsledding. Most guys chose bobsledding, including myself and I was pretty excited. After a long chair lift to the top of the mountain, we sat in the single sleds and went flying down the mountain. It was so much fun to try out something new, although I prefer to go down a hill on a bike. Once everyone had their fun, we left Olympic Park and went to lunch at Main Street Deli which was sponsored by Ms. Barb, the owner of the Deli. She made us all delicious sandwiches, cookies, and even gave us the option of ice cream!

After lunch we were given some free time to get anything done we needed to. I went to a bike shop, bought some stuff I probably didn't need, and then hung out at the hotel for a little bit. At 5:00 we loaded up in the vans and went over to the National Abilities Center to have a friendship visit. The NAC is an incredible organization which allows people with disabilities to enjoy recreational activities. It was amazing to see a place focus on the abilities of people and go with it to create a great atmosphere and absolutely fantastic time. While there we road bikes with a few members, which was a lot of fun. I rode a little bit with a younger guy named Max. Max was struggling at first keeping his balance while riding, but after a while he got very used to it and was zooming down hills way faster than I'm sure I did when I first got used to riding a bicycle growing up.

For the final part of the night we went back to the hotel and had pizza sponsored by a restaurant in Park City called Pizza and Pasta. The pizza was very good, and the whole team really enjoyed it. After dinner I went and sat in the hot tub with some of the guys and we told stories from back at our own chapters which was really cool to hear.

Tomorrow we head to Duchesne, Utah which is our last day in Utah before Colorado. I'm excited for a long day on the bike with my teammates, hoping for a good day with cooperative weather!