Today was our first off day!!! And it felt amazing to finally be able to sleep in until 7:30!! Yeah who would of even though that I would think 7:30 is sleeping in! lol It was a great change of pace from waking up at 5 and 6 in the morning. We started the day off by hopping in the vans and going to the ARC of Spokane for breakfast and a friendship visit! While we were eating breakfast the regulars of the ARC started filling up the building. Over the next few hours we played games, put together puzzles, danced, and watched the variety show they put on every year. We even were able to help them make a travel journal where we talked about every place they have been and every where they would like to visit. The people there were so excited and happy to see us it made us feel really good and special. This one lady Joan walked around asking us all to write her a message on a piece of paper so she could remember us. Then she spent the rest of the time telling us how awesome we were for visiting them, how long they have been waiting for us to get there, and how happy they are that we are finally there. It feels amazing to make so many people’s day like that! But at the same time it’s kind of sad that they make us seem so great just because we are willing to spend some time with them. But it’s just because they want to feel like they belong and not like they are different from everyone else. There was another little girl there that I spent a lot of time with making puzzles and she would constantly tell us how happy she was that we were there. When it was time to leave we all said our goodbyes and took a few pictures to remember the day but in the end I was a little speechless from all the gratitude we were shown there. After the great friendship visit we headed to lunch which was sponsored by the local Lion’s Club! They had a great buffet with grilled chicken and amazing cheesecake for dessert! After being stuffed we headed back to lodging for some free time. We used this free time to go to the bike shop for and bike maintenance needed and to Wal Mart for anything else we might need! Then we had a dinner sponsored by the Nelsen’s family. We were welcomed to an amazing house and landscaping. They had tennis courts, a basketball court, volleyball, corn hole, hillbilly golf, and ping pong all waiting for us when we got there. And as if that wasn’t enough they also had a wonderful meal catered from Panada Express! We had an amazing time there and were able to talk to their and some of his friends that were Pi Kapps at Washington State University. We were sad to leave the fun filled house that they had provided for us. It’s amazing how families are so willing to open their homes to 28 complete strangers to provide them a mean and an evening of fun! For the rest of the night some people went to the movies while others went back to lodging to relax! "The only disability in life is a bad atttude."
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