Causing Downtown Traffic - Cleveland, OH (Day 6)

The day started like many other. Another generous host offering us breakfast in the early hours of the morning. Its easy to forget the willingness of our hosts to donate so much time and effort on our behalf. Even though it becomes commonplace, I have to say it is definitely not forgotten.

The Westminster Presbyterian send-off went like many others, but we had the benefit of knowing that the 4k made it onto local TV News and the newspaper the day before. Throughout the day many riders mentioned they talked with people who saw us on the news! A bus full of high school baseball players even said they saw us the night before. What a feeling knowing that we are actually noticed in the communities we cycle through. I personally feel that it is one of the biggest missions of the 4K during the summer, to be noticed! Maybe one person saw the story and will contact us, or the ACS for the cancer screenings.

The ride throughout the day was pretty standard as we pushed on to Cleveland. We were all pretty excited to meet up at the end of the day as we knew we would caravan into the city for the last 10 miles or so. A caravan is when the entire group bikes in together, with support vans on either side. The caravan was fun as we definitely got noticed by a lot of the people around as we screamed “Where are we going?... San Fransisco!” along the way.

We spent the night at Case Western Reserve University. The 4K has stopped here before, so they put together a welcome sign for us. It was nice to get to sleep in a REAL bed for once. What a luxury. We celebrated the night away as we knew it would be Chris, Katie and Mr. Al's (Anna's dad's) last day with us. What a help they have been in the first week with tips and just being fun and friendly to be around. The three of them were replaced by Greg, who joins the 4K after a baseball championship tournament.

-Ondrej Juhasz