I'm back and alive! What an awesome experience last Saturday! Completing my first century ride was part of the experience; the most important part was the cause and the people who were involved in the ride. It was all about juvenile diabetes and the kids. The commitment by parents, friends, grandparents, staff and others who have been touched by the disease is just plain and simply --- amazing!
Never in my life have I been around a more energetic and enthusiastic group of people. And the riders from the Western Wisconsin Chapter of JDRF (which includes Madison area).. what can I say. I love them all.
And my grandson and daughter.... I will remember this for the rest of my life. Hopefully they will, too.