A long break it has been from posting......this summer certainly is flying by. Between the 2 midnight shifts and then leaving the next day with an hour of sleep to catch up to the MS TRAM bike tour at Wadena.....this week has just zoomed by. Hoping to catch on my sleep at some point this week......warning to the wise -- the trains that zoom thru Wadena (all night long) use their whistles very liberally!!
The MS Tram is a 290 mile bike run over 5 days that raises money for Multiple Sclerosis. This year over $1 MILLION was raised by 1200 riders. Youngest independant rider was 8 yrs old and the oldest was 88. There were kids riding on tandems that were 3 years old! And the volunteers that support these amazing people were a fun group to work with. This is a benefit that I would be happy and proud to help with again! As first aid I saw very minor medical things which gave me ample time to converse with riders. The farthest someone had traveled to do this, was from outside Manchester, England. Most folks were just good ol Minnesnowtans.
Kate has been gone basically for the last 5 weeks to church camp as a 1st year counselor. She reports that she doesn't want to leave! but then again she is a bit homesick at times. This upcoming week will be her last of the summer. I imagine next weekend will be tough as she will be leaving all of her new friends.
Well, more later as I am falling to sleep zzzzzzzzzzzzzz..................................
