April 22, 2008
 Up today at 5:45 am, on the road by 6:15 am and on to Mobile, AL! Uneventful travel and we made really good time and we finally got the quads down on the highway in Alabama at about 9:30 am. Mobile is on the water and has fantastic bridges transiting waterways.  We arrived at Infirmary Hospital West in Mobile at 11:00 am and were then shown the meeting room where a Q and A was to take place. We spoke to about 25 first year nursing students telling them of our experiences and how much patients rely on the nurses to cope with major surgeries. We also talked about the need for donation and how their role might be played out in the process.  We answered about 10 questions and then mingled individually while they signed the banner. We also met a couple of recipients from the Mobile area who also related their stories to the nurses. The media was also there and captured a couple of interviews before filming some of the participants being taken on ATV rides! One of the recipients (Dave Miller, kidney) is going to meet up with us in the morning and ride an ATV out of the city.
After leaving the hospital we set up shop at the University of South Alabama where we met some great kids and talked about donation.
Here's a couple of links to the news stories that were run on line in Orlando. I'm not sure how long it will be active but take a look! Thanks Lesley for sending these!
Video: www.cfnews13.com/.../2008/4/20/motorcyclists_raise_awareness_for_organ_donations.html
Article:
www.cfnews13.com/.../2008/4/21/organ_donation_is_on_a_roll.html
On another note, if you go to YouTube, type in kevinski1952 in the SEARCH field and check out the videos!
Special thanks to Stacy and Melissa from the Alabama Organ Center for the great day!
We hope to
have made some impact on those we talked with! Tomorrow it's on to New Orleans and another full day of activities! See you tomorrow!
Starting coordinates: N 28.472860 W 81.366040
Ending coordinates: N 30.686940 W 88.124930
Fuel used: 59.6 gals/5 vehicles
At issue: Using the starting and ending coordinates, establish the number of miles traveled today and the total average miles per gallon for all 5 vehicles.
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