Managua to Gran Pacifica
I awoke today with a sense of uncontainable excitement but also a bittersweet feeling as we finish up this great journey.
We saddled our bikes this morning at 4:30 am in order to get through Managua before the busy traffic started. With our lights on and support vehicles ready to go we set out for our final day of biking. The teachers from NCA prepared an amazing breakfast for the bikers at the school. We were treated like royalty with fresh strawberries, yogurt, granola, fruit, Blueberry muffins and so much more. We all felt so full when we left be it all tasted sooooo good.
Today we were all smiles and really tried to relish every bit of of final ride together. We stopped and chatted at one of the rest stops for at least 45 min. Not because we needed a break but because we were having so much fun. People heading out to the beach stopped and chatted with us. As we continued on it was so encouraging to see so many people headed out to Gran Pacifica to celebrate with us.
We gathered together at the entrance to Gran Pacifica so we could all ride in together. It gave me goose bumps to see everyone all together grinning from ear to ear at all that we had lived and experienced together for the past 9 days. There was a huge reception for us at the beach as we dipped our front tires in the Pacific Ocean completing our journey. John led us in a word of thanks to and then we sang Alabare. Most of us knew the chorus pretty well but when it came to the verses we all kind of faded out. It was pretty funny. :0) I'll post a video soon.
Food and fellowship was shared with so many today. Thank you to all who helped us finish strong. What a joy it was to celebrate with you. A special thanks to our support crew who made each day possible with lots of water, gatorade and buns. We love you guys.
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Dave, Kevin, April and Rachel
In a day and age where there aren't that many things undiscovered or undone. Electricity has been invented, man has been to the moon, peanut butter was made and is enjoyed the world over etc. We have had a unique opportunity to see a growing, developing, beautiful country from Sea to Sea for the first time in history from the seat of a bicycle. I am still trying to wrap my mind around it. The most beautiful thing of all though that it was done with a heart to reach out and bless Nicaraguan who have suffered and lost more than we can imagine through Hurricane Felix.
We saddled our bikes this morning at 4:30 am in order to get through Managua before the busy traffic started. With our lights on and support vehicles ready to go we set out for our final day of biking. The teachers from NCA prepared an amazing breakfast for the bikers at the school. We were treated like royalty with fresh strawberries, yogurt, granola, fruit, Blueberry muffins and so much more. We all felt so full when we left be it all tasted sooooo good.
Today we were all smiles and really tried to relish every bit of of final ride together. We stopped and chatted at one of the rest stops for at least 45 min. Not because we needed a break but because we were having so much fun. People heading out to the beach stopped and chatted with us. As we continued on it was so encouraging to see so many people headed out to Gran Pacifica to celebrate with us.
We gathered together at the entrance to Gran Pacifica so we could all ride in together. It gave me goose bumps to see everyone all together grinning from ear to ear at all that we had lived and experienced together for the past 9 days. There was a huge reception for us at the beach as we dipped our front tires in the Pacific Ocean completing our journey. John led us in a word of thanks to and then we sang Alabare. Most of us knew the chorus pretty well but when it came to the verses we all kind of faded out. It was pretty funny. :0) I'll post a video soon.
Food and fellowship was shared with so many today. Thank you to all who helped us finish strong. What a joy it was to celebrate with you. A special thanks to our support crew who made each day possible with lots of water, gatorade and buns. We love you guys.
Dave, Kevin, April and Rachel
In a day and age where there aren't that many things undiscovered or undone. Electricity has been invented, man has been to the moon, peanut butter was made and is enjoyed the world over etc. We have had a unique opportunity to see a growing, developing, beautiful country from Sea to Sea for the first time in history from the seat of a bicycle. I am still trying to wrap my mind around it. The most beautiful thing of all though that it was done with a heart to reach out and bless Nicaraguan who have suffered and lost more than we can imagine through Hurricane Felix.
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