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Day 63: Our Final Event Day

Well, this is it! Our last event day on this trip! It is a very bittersweet time for many of the riders as we have realize how little time we have left I. Our journey. Looking at a map, I can hardly believe that we have come so far.We did not have a planned event for the day to report on, but we did have a pretty fun day from what was shared. Many folks got up and sought out some good breakfast venues, while others slept in a little later and then went tubing along a river. We are so thankful for the discount our rider's received on rental equipment! Laundry was done, and that is definitely always nice. People went shopping and exploring and it just seemed like a typically summer day that you might think of for a weekend. It was fun and I am pretty sure many of us are just in love with this town, for no particular reason. It just had a great feel.This evening, some rider's went to a park to watch a hot air balloon festival where all of the balloons lit up and floated throughout the sky. I heard it was very spectacular. Then we enjoyed another night of being inside and not being cold overnight :)-LAH