Visitation at
HealthSouth Deaconess Rehab Hospital
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Visitation at
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 Today the AAA riders were especially slow after delighting in a breakfast of heavy pancakes with syrup, a basket of hard-boiled eggs, bran flake cereal with whole milk, waffles and peanut butter, sausage, bacon, and fresh fruit. The resulting ride was a very torturous mile and a half downhill and was completed with ease by everyone that didn’t attend breakfast and by Joe who drove the truck instead of riding at all (also the only person who get a tad soggy as he was taking pictures in the rain half a mile down the street).
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 As the rain began plopping down, Luke, Bill, and AJ crank faster and break AJ’s previous land speed record of 4mph. As it turns out, princesses can melt so they avoid situations in which they may begin to “glisten.”
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 One of our Evansville Police escorts begins to pull out his ticket writing paraphernalia when he sees Luke swerving and leaning to one side. Luke, however, pleads insanity after being in the truck with Bill for 7 ½ minutes.
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 Bill heard that AJ can sing like a flamingo and ride a bike all at the same time so he asks her for a sampling of her talents. He is totally mesmerized by her version of The Shoop Shoop Song and cannot believe that she can belt it out while making a figure-three (she can’t make a figure eight yet) on Bullet.
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 Joe seems to be having a smidgen of an inner ear problem while taking pictures today. Either that or his coffee didn’t just contain cream and sugar this morning.
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 With a spectacular flair and in rare footage, Bill and Luke demonstrate the mating dance of the North American Black Spandex-Wearing DoDo Cyclists.
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 Today’s ride-in group consisted of two HealthSouth staffers, three amputees with only 2 legs between them, one husband, an uncle, six road bikes, one tandem, and a cop to keep us all under control (he didn’t know what he was getting himself into).
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 After everyone (and we mean EVERYONE) hears the princess’ rendition of The Shoop Shoop Song, they draw a line and ask her ever so politely not to ever cross it.
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 AJ is seen here challenging everyone to a no-legged wheelbarrow race. Unfortunately, everyone there today had more appendages than she does so the race was cancelled.
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 “…and then I told Bill that if he wasn’t my one-legged long lost cousin from Kintuky, that I’d have him done throwd into tha jailhouse for stealin’ my burger and then lickin the bun before I culd get it back.”
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 In true Kentucky style, Bill tries to captivate the audience with his powerful speech about figuring out how he became his own grandpaw but all the audience hears is ssssssssshhhhhhhhhh as the wind whistles around his tooth.
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 Joe, being possessed for 45 minutes by the spirit of Jerry Suggs (aka the AAA broken record), goes on and on and on and on…….about how receiving his first red tricycle at the age of three changed his whole life and consequently the lives of everyone he’s encountered in his NUMEROUS years of life.
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 Everyone agrees that T.K. is an MVP for the ride this year. She is working hard on recovering her memory and is the only patient ever to write a message on a poster for us. With her mom by her side, we know that T.K. will make a full recovery and go on to be an inspiration to others for years to come!
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 The patients, on the promise of having an Elvis impersonator visit, were disappointed to find that Bill wasn’t nearly as tall or cute as Elvis nor was he a Hunka, Hunka Burnin’ Love.
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 Upon seeing AJ taking a break from her work, Carletta lays down beside her so she doesn’t look so despondent and alone.
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 Luke is showing off his smooth body in the hopes that a candy striper or a stripper named Candy will notice him.
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 Here we see Joe who is wondering to himself about how on earth Bill was let off on parole in order to be on the trip. He also is still feeling the effects of the inner ear problem as earlier described.
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Do we really need to describe this picture to you? We think it explains itself. Bless Bill’s lil ol’ heart.
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 After learning the Palmer method of handwriting from Joe, Luke practices his grammar and spelling by writing in cursive on a poster for one unlucky victim. Thankfully, AJ left her red checking pen at home because it would’ve run out of ink by the time she was finished grading his work.
Thank you HealthSouth Deaconess Rehab Hospital. You showed class in every aspect of the visit. Thank you Drury for making the rooms available to us. Barbara butler, the cycling CEO, and Tina Densley, the not so cycling DMO, we thank you for your gracious hospitality. Your facility shows such pride in everything you do. We thank you for your support.
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