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2016 TransAm/Western Express Day 3 - Charlottesville, VA

Today we got to meet our first recipient of some of our fundraising money.  I'd love to say it was a really heroic and inspiring experience - and of course it was, if you want to look at it through that lens.  But what I was really struck by was the humanity of it, the day-to-day issues.  This woman - Angela - and her husband - were there, her in her wheelchair.  And you think about the little things.  Not being able to own a normal car.  Him having to feed her at a restaurant because she can't work a fork.  This was just a normal woman, who had 2 boys and used to like to run and ride her bike.  And now she can't.

That's what stays with me. 

Also, the UVA campus is gorgeous.  Good job, Thomas.