We biked another 100 miles yesterday.It was an unusually hard day as we crossed over the Appalachian Mountains in southern Pennsylvania. We faced 7 degree grades that went on for miles, with rain clouds threatening us.

We have covered 400 miles since we left New York and we only have 3,100 miles to go!

This story is about Steve and Nancy Bray: They let us use their 40 foot recreational vehicle (RV) as a support vehicle for our Ride for Mobility campaign. Steve is challenging the employees of his company (Power Plus) to be fund-raisers and ride with us too.They created their own WEBSITE for fund raising for us.Though she is not riding, Ronda (Steve's assistant) is doing tremendous work managing their fundraising from the home office.

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During one break I asked them why they are so committed to making our Ride for Mobility campaign a success. Steve recalled the story of what General Patton said when he was asked to explain his leadership style. Patton put a piece of string on the table and asked the interviewer to push the string from the end. It all bunched up. Then he asked the interviewer to pull the string from the other end. It became straight and moved as a unit. Steve and Nancy live by this principle. They believe they lead by pulling, and thus the reason for joining us in the beginning of this campaign, to pull it straight on its path across the USA.

Today the Brays must fly home. We will miss them dearly. In a few weeks they will join us again for another 500 miles. We are so blessed by their support. Our string is taunt, straight and moving west! Thank you Steve and Nancy for your faithfulness and encouragement!