Andy did the RAIN ride again!

Another year, another RAIN ride completed by Andy. It's a one day bike ride from Terre Haute to Richmond, Indiana-160 miles in all. That's a long ride anyway and then you have to remember that it is the middle of July. Oh, and the last half of the ride has some brutal hills to bike up, and there was a wind this year that the riders were biking into. Andy, Kella and I went down the night before (Grammy Pammy and Aunt Eileen came to watch the boys) so we could drop Andy off at the start at 7am. Here is the beginning (or "before") picture...

Here is sidekick Kella. She did great! She slept when I drove from stop to stop and then woke up to eat and look around. Unfortunately, she decided to be wide awake the entire ride back home from Richmond-about 2 hours. She was unhappy and I was unhappy and tired. Not a fun ride back.

There's Andy crossing the finish line!

The "after" picture. He doesn't look too tired! :-) We already have the date for next year's ride. I'm bringing all the kids. We're going to make posters and bring noisemakers like cowbells to ring at all the rest stops. It will be crazy great!