We arrived at the East Boulder Community Center for our friendship visit which was with their Expand Program which included wheel chair rugby. For most of us this was out first time seeing the game played and it was so awesome. We watched the Denver Harlequins play a scrimmage for a bit after they explained the game to us and they are intense. They play in modified wheel chairs, they have offensive and defensive chairs, one that is rounded and meant to be able to slide through other chairs and the other has a bar on the front meant for trapping other chairs. Once we kind of had an idea of what we were doing we played a few points with them. It is 4 v 4 so we played 2 of us and 2 of them on each team until everyone got a chance to play a few points. I had so much fun, rolling around in the chairs smashing into other guys and trying to score some points and get some blocks, it was a blast. I got to score 2 points while I was on and we had some phenomenal team work, making blocks to get players up the court and getting passes over peoples heads and into the laps of guys to score. I really hope we get a chance to play again this summer because I can't wait to get back on the court already.
That was the only programming we had for the day so after we got back to lodging we were free to roam around Boulder. We walked up and down Pearl Street and explored the shops and of course had to enjoy some of the best local coffee around at this place called The Cup, Espresso Cafe. Pearl Street was a lot of fun, very interesting and fun people, some street performers and fun shops and restaurants. The weather was also a little wild. Right after we got to lodging I went strait to cleaning my bike, it needed a good degrease and lube and wipe down to make it look and feel sparkling clean for our big arrival into Denver tomorrow. While I was cleaning it starting raining and got harder and harder then stopped. Later when we were eating it turned into a huge thunder storm, loudest thunder I have ever heard, it was setting off car alarms, I loved it though, it was so fun, we just sat outside under cover and waited for it to pass before we walked back to lodging.
Tomorrow is the day I have been waiting for since leaving Arizona to start this trip. We ride into Denver around 10:30 to the mile high stadium where we will get to meet the North Route including my chapter brother Aaron and we get a private tour of the stadium and get to walk around on the field then a quick lunch there before we stage up for a police escorted arrival to the Capitol at 12 where my girlfriend will be waiting for me. The excitement is almost too much, it is a short 35 mile ride and someone better be physically holding me back because if they don't I will be sprinting the entire thing as fast as I can go before my legs fall off to get to the capitol building to see her. I don't even know if I will be able to sleep tonight because that is all I will be thinking about. ALMOST THERE!!
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