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David's Bike Trip Memories

Going into this trip, I thought I knew exactly what to expect, I was wrong. This bike trip like the rest was different than any of the other trips so here are some memories for this trip.

* The car ride to Crown Point

* All the accidents (more than any other trip)

* Dan's random scream in the middle of the night

* The adult drivers (you guys and ladies are awesome)

* Having really no hills -- what a blessing! You rookies have no idea

* Putting on and having terrific church services both nights

* Playing around at the Muskegon church

* The amazing breakfast Kelly's grandparents gave us Thursday morning

* The ferry ride

* Riding with Alan

* Mr. Cleary and his maps

* Watching Eric fall while resting between two signs

* Nick and I commentating the movie Racing Strips on the ferry

* Attempting to walk normal on the ferry

* Playing games on the ferry

* Feeling the massive heat blast coming into Milwaukee

* Nick and I having singing contest

* Happy Acres Campground (what a fun place)

* Mosquito invaded dinner

* Water fights while canoeing

* Watching Lauren and Evelyn try to canoe

* Mud/cow poo fights

* Lauren getting mud/cow poo all over her face and in her mouth

* Meeting our families at the cottage

* Telling our families about our week while enjoying a great barbeque

* Trying to sleep outside

* Riding with the alumni

* Stopping at Funway

* Huge water fight

* Arriving at the Sladkey's house with a crowd waiting for us

* Successfully dumping the Gatorade on Mr. Sladkey

* An amazing, fun, unforgettable trip.

Lauren's Bike Trip Memories

*the Krema family at school Monday morning to send us off*

*the pastor we met who's wife was from Naperville*

*Taryn and Mrs. Johnson fall*

*the 2 old men we met who said they had already talked to our "tour guides"*

*Judy's Motel and Campground*

*the girls successfully put up the tent in record time*

*Taryn freaking out at every bug*

*Taryns claustrophobia*

*PJ's pancakes*

*seeing all the cool houses the first 15 miles on Tuesday*

*the determination everyone showed up the hills.....especially the gravel ones*

*swimming in Lake Michigan*

*riding with Alan*

*meeting up with Nancy, the lady from the church*

*putting on a good service*

*me, Kelly, and Taryn staying together and watching the sunset*

*Kelly and Evelyn collide - Kelly gets hurt*

*eating lunch at the construction site*

*Dan giving us a scare with his sugar levels*

*the warm welcome we received from the youth group and Kelly's grandparents*

*for putting on another good service*

*playing knockout*

*chatting in a bean bag circle*

*all the kids sleeping on bean bags*

*waking up early to a great breakfast from Kelly's grandparents*

*only 3 miles to the Ferry*

*playing cards*

*Nick and David commentating the movie Racing Stripes to me and Kelly*

*Me and Nick falling as we tried to make it to the top*

*the cold and wind on the top deck*

*trying to play games and run around while falling all over the place*

*Me, Kelly, Nick and David trying to nap*

*the extreme temperature change as we got into Milwaukee*

*China King!*

*Nick and his orange chicken*

*the 15 helpings of Chinese food I had!*

*riding right along the lake and on the trails*

*the tough 18 miles without a break...good job everybody!*

*Nick and David having a singing contest for Kelly and I and Kelly judging them*

*the looks on all of our faces when we finally stopped for food*

*Kelly and Evelyn fall............again*

*arriving at Happy Acres Campground at 8:00*

*swimming in the lake*

*eating mosquito infested dinner at 9:30*

*the empty feeling the group felt when PJ left*

*mini water fight on the way to canoeing*

*Evelyn and I canoed together!....we were awesome!*

*2nd half with Nick and David was so fun!*

*water fight! I mean mud fight!*

*David throwing mud in my face and in my mouth*

*almost losing my sandal*

*Me, Evelyn, David, and Nick gave off the great odor of cow poop*

*the feeling of excitement as we rode to the cottage seeing our families and the alumni*

*Nick, David, and I running into the lake with soap and shampoo in hand*

*the wonderful barbeque and story time*

*trying to sleep on the beach*

*the heat and mosquitos*

*Me, Michelle, and Kristen trying to sleep outside*

*Me, Michelle, and Kristen finally sleeping upstairs in the cottage at 2 AM*

*Mr. Kremas pancakes*

*riding home with Michelle, Kristen, Brian, and Mr. Krema*

*Nicks fall*

*stopping at Funway*

*water fight*

*riding into Naperville*

*seeing the crowd at the Sladkey's house as we finished*

*for how thankful we were to have Mrs. B with us*

*to Nick and David for serenading me all week! Thanks!*

Greetings All,

I too need to say thanks for all the encouragement to keep going up those long hills. I feel like a part of me is missing without getting on the bike each morning. Another part is missing each one of you. I might not ever be the same person, you all have enriched my life and my walk with the Lord Jesus. Everyone was so positive. I have bragged about you as a group around my work place. I was impressed by the tenacity of each of you, the toughness and the tenderness too. We all worked as a team and all made it.

Thanks so much!!!

Mrs. B.

Mr. Aldaba

Hello everyone, great time indeed, I just wanted to thank everyone that participated in this great experience, I personally will never forget it, the most memorable time for me was the second day of the trip when I could not go on anymore, as we we biking along all the on the toughest uphill trails I found inner strength just looking at everyone cheering each other up, I personally take my hat off to Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Bolyanatz, GREAT JOB. Thanks to all parents and young riders for picking up the slack of my chores when I was exhausted, see you all soon. Enjoy the rest of the summer, stay safe.

In Him

Mr. A

Mr. Sladkey

This is the 6th bike trip. With 14 students and 6 adults riding, we were a big group. We also had 5 different adults helping with the support vehicles. What an awesome time. We calculated it was 335 miles plus 10 canoeing.

Here are some random thoughts

7 boys, 7 girls.
Accidents: Mrs. Johnson and Taryn, Kelly and Evelyn, Taryn, Kelly and Evelyn, and Nick.
Mr. Cleary's steady presence with the maps
Mrs. Johnson keeping pace with the front riders
Mrs. B working with Dan at lunch on Tuesday to get his reading down.
Dan saying, 'What's up' to start his part of the program on Tuesday.
Emily noticing the mosquitoes in the pasta
Mr. Aldaba always stating the obvious, but in a way that always was funny
Mrs. Chandler and Mrs. Cocallas planning out each stop so well
Eric Michel has basketball skills.
The smell of David and Nick as they came out of the river
Ally's ever present smile
Seeing PJ leave from Happy Acres Kampground on Thursday
All the students on the raft at Happy Acres Kampground
The image of Lauren and Evelyn in the canoe going nowhere
The beauty of Lake Michigan the first day in Indiana along the beach.
The war veteran we met as we were leaving South Haven.
The guy who helped us with directions and called Mrs. Cocallas and Mrs Chandler our Tour Directors.
The tilted helmet of Lauren
Mr. Brorson and Mr. Brown stopping traffic on the way to the cottage.
The boys acting like a picture was going to be taken and dumping Gatorade on me.
Getting into the campground at 8:15 on Thursday and eating dinner at 9:45pm
Judy's Motel and Campground. The name say's it all.
Seeing everyone enjoy PJ's pancakes on Tuesday and Mr. Krema's pancakes on Saturday.
Hearing David and Zander give their testimony at the churches
Seeing Tony's bike full of gadgets.
Mr. Schlumpf listening to loud tunes while we are riding
The never give up attitude of Kelly and Evelyn on Thursday's tough ride
Elisabeth freaking out over a leaches and snakes in the river.
Erik Brorson oiling everyone's chain
Taryn's screams when seeing a bug in the canoe
Eric falling near the sign poles at a stop.
Wiping out rounding first base playing whiffleball
The guys giving us two cases of sport drinks.
Seeing everyone asleep in the bean bags on Thursday.
This was the first year that the students didn't sleep the whole night at the beach
Seeing Kelly's grandparents serve us breakfast.
Feeling the heat of Milwaukee when we got off the ferry
Enjoying the cycling along the south part of Milwaukee.
Finding out that Mrs. Cocallas and Mrs. Chandler had met up with Nancy coincidentally
Riding with Alan
Listening to Mr. Schlumpf talk about the week on Friday night.
Seeing my wife and kids at the end
Enjoying a week with my Dad and daughter