Day Three Coldwater to Ann Arbor
Hills, Wind and Hills and, wait watch out for those Tracks. The mood is pretty jovial with my teammates. We are by the way on vacation and doing what we love to do. Ride bikes. The benefit that we're doing this for a great cause is icing on the cake of life. So when our day starts out on the rode, the vibe is sky high. You grab your gear, top off your tires, fill your water bottles, stuff your pockets with snacks and hit the road. For a brief time we leave most of our cares and worries behind. Then when you least expect it, you let your guard down and it sneeks up. In this case, railroad tracks, about 5 miles into our first leg of the day. While riding easy down the road the group had to cross rail road tracks which led over the road at a long diagonal. Unless you can traverse the tracks at a perpendicular angle, you probably are going to get a wheel caught and fall. It happened before he could react. Founder Matt Schueler and riding partner Brian Foley fell. Nothing broken, but each recieved some scrapes "road rash" from the pavement. I'm searching for a name for this ride and I think it may be "The trip of care". We have Firemen, Paramedics, a Lawyer and a Doctor." We are protected. So care to Matt and Brian was immediate. All supplies you would see in an ambulance are onboard in our supply trucks and RV. Within minutes each was treated and released to return to vacation. As we resumed to riding, that's just what we did. There was not much time spent on reliving the moment or contepating the thought of Matt or Brian abandoning. Which speaks a great deal about their character and the group as a whole. We resumed our two by two formation and pedaled on as one. We are all different individuals, united together for two weeks, with one cause. "All for one and one for all". It's an amazing feeling to be a part of this group.
Morning prep. Rob Weil giving some pointers to Tom Brown
First rest area of the day
Interesting barn doors. For some strange reason I'm attracted to Miller things.
Riding partner Mike Ng. Sporting his CPD racing kit.
Entering the Irish Hills
Rest area two at Walter Hayse State Park
Whats the Mystery?
Mystery Solved.
Riding partner and roommate Carlos Ramos
Medical care
The back of pack on escort to The Big House
Super Highlight of the Day
Entering the stadium from the tunnel
Matt presenting to the team
Head coach Jennifer Ulehla, Matt and Anna Schueler. Anna is a freshman on the U of M Lacosse team. The Bulldogs Jersey is from the late Hank Schueler. Whom this ride is dedicated and sparked the creation of the 41&9 Foundation. One rider carries this in their jersey pocket throughout the ride.
Our group and members of the lacrosse team
Boston Team with Anne Schueler
You just can't capture the enormity of this stadium in one shot. It seats 109,901
Yours truly
Time to go
Keep the Donations Coming: You can continue to contribute and see updates about our ride through the foundation site. www.henryschueler.org
© Chuck Judy 2014
