Service Day 2 - Knoxville Fellowship Center and Ronald McDonald House

Since there were few injuries, a short ride, and some much needed rest, the past two days have been pretty uneventful. We rode 60 miles into Knoxville yesterday (60 miles is now a rest day.) We were done by 2 and arrived at Saint James Episcopal to a wonderful dinner of hot dogs and burgers, finally not pasta! A huge thank you goes out to Jan Mobley for accepting our mail for us up until now, I felt like Santa bringing the probably 50+ packages into the church. After dinner and team meetings we were able to check out Knoxville a little more since we arrived early. It's a pretty cool town and we got to see some live music at Market Square. Today we split in half and did different projects at the Fellowshp Center and Ronald McDonald House. I worked at the Ronald McDonald House doing some yardwork. The entire property is based on donation, so they need all the volunteers they can get. It is a home for families of patients in the hospitals of Knoxville. The house allows people that travel from from far away to stay near the hospital as long as they need to. Up to 65 people are able to occupy the house and it is $5 per room per night, as it has been for the last 29 years. The fellowship house is similar but it houses the actual patients too. It was really great to help out and hear about the amazing things these people do and services they provide by working at these houses. They also provided us with a delicious lunch of wraps, pita and hummus, and fruit...a nice change from our bojangles yesterday. We're excited to move on to our next town, Jamestown!