Day 15 ~ El Dorado Springs, MO to Eldon, MO

Brent said he was fast riding today, feeling good.

Support Crew change today which also means hotel rooms from here on out instead of sleeping in a trailer.
All he's asking for at this point is a bed where his legs don't hang off the edge. It's amazing how grateful you become for the little things in life.

A HUGE thank you today for Mike (Brent's brother-in-law) for taking over as Brent's Crew Chief! This means so much to us.

Sorry, there were no pictures today!

Miles ridden today: 108
Total to date: 1720

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Day 14 ~ Eureka, KS to El Dorado Springs, MO

Woo Hoo, finally out of Kansas. Brent is excited about that (as you can see below)


With 4 states down, only 3 to go. Brent was happy to enter Missouri.

Many things will start happening just to change the scenery a bit. Tomorrow night, Brent's brother-in-law Mike will take over as Crew Chief. Brent will be sad to see Dan go as he has put in 2 weeks of grueling work with Brent. Driving & waiting, driving & waiting, oh and driving & waiting. I'm sure he's ready for a change in scenery as well. Thank you so much to Dan for being there for Brent and taking this time away from his own family to support this wonderful cause.

In a few short days Brent will meet up with his sister and brother-in-law and Regan to meet one of Regan's surgeons, Dr. Jeffrey Marsh at St. John's Mercy in St. Louis. He is known for his work with children who have Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome.

From St. Louis on to the finish, in Milwaukee, Brent will then ride with both his brother-in-laws as the support crew.

Miles ridden today: 128
Total to date: 1612

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Day 13 ~ Pratt, KS to Eureka, KS

Another beautiful day weather-wise and not much construction but not too much excitement, again! Kansas has been pretty uneventful. The only issue today was that he got sunburn pretty bad. He just forgot to put it on today!

Also, Brent wanted to know if anybody realized there were so many armadillos in Kansas?

Miles ridden today: 146
Total to date: 1484

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Day 12 ~ Garden City, KS to Pratt, KS

Today was Brent's best riding day yet. He had beautiful weather, in the 70's and a great tail wind. He is hoping for more days like today. Without all the slaughter houses. He asked a guy on one stop about how many cows a day they slaughter there, and the man replied "from Garden City to Pratt about 20,000 cows a day get slaughtered". YIKES!



Miles ridden today: 126
Total to date: 1338

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Day 10 ~ Las Animas, CO to Garden City, KS

Not much excitement today. Brent said it was flat, VERY HOT, there was a ton of road construction and right at the end of todays ride was a thunderstorm with rain and hail.


Arrival into Garden City, or as the boys would put it, Garbage City. They said it stinks so bad where they are at. Luckily for them tomorrow is a rest day so they get to hang out tomorrow in the stink.

Some great news: they are officially at the half way mark!

Miles ridden today: 137
Total to date: 1212

Day 9 ~ Fort Garland, CO to Las Animas, CO

Today was a hot one! Here is a picture of Brent having to cool off his feet!
They started the day climbing the last peak in Colorado to 9438 ft. Then downhill to about 4000 ft from there. Right now, besides the heat, its the headwinds that are kicking Brent's butt.





He had a couple of exciting sitings today, a few deer and a quadraplegic man traveling across country on his motorized wheelchair.
Here's a clip from a news article I found on him: A Massachusetts man is trying to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records as he makes a trek from Boston to California in his motorized wheelchair. Matt Eddy is a quadriplegic and the goal of his trip is to raise money and awareness of the need for housing for folks with severe disabilities. Matt Eddy and his team of supporters have been on the road for 17-days now and only about 113 remain.

I told Brent, "that must be taking him forever to get anywhere" and he responds with "I'd love to have one of those right now".



The only other picture I got today. I'm not sure if he's trying to decide to continue on or turn back.
You know Brent, there's no way he'd ever turn back.

Crew Chiefs Tip for today: Never pee into the wind

Miles ridden today: 142
Total to date: 1075

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Day 8 ~ Pagosa Springs, CO to Fort Garland, CO

Today's ride was "epic" climbing the highest peak = 10,864 ft. They made it...not with smiling faces as I imagined they would look once they got to the top but hey...it must have been exhausting. We are all so proud of you guys, what a challenge you have conquered.








Hooter, I know there is a message I'm supposed to post specifically for you today but I can't quite remember what it was and I didn't get to talk too much to Brent. Something about him telling you that he would be able to do it with some gear or chain. Obviously words coming from a non-biker. He'll be so disappointed that I botched this up, but Hooter, you should know exactly what I'm trying to say. Feel free to leave a comment explaining to the other readers.

Here they are at the Continental Divide.




One picture showing the beauty they are riding through. Today was a hard day, apparently hot too. They were extremely tired but they did finish on schedule arriving in Fort Garland after riding 115 miles.

Miles ridden today: 115
Total to date: 933

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