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The Comfort Inn in Chelsea donated rooms for the whole team. So this morning we started the day fully rejuvenated. Thank you so much for having us!
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This morning, for the first 6 miles, we had an enthusiastic new member on the woman's team, Rachel Surowiec.
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Rachel and her husband Dakota really helped us with the mileage! Who knows, next time they may want to go all around America.
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The first meeting of the day was at the city hall of Westland. The Deputy Mayor and a few staff members joined us.
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We had a really great time with everyone and we learned a lot! Thank you ever so much for your waves of enthusiasm.
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Puroga had no difficulty getting every one to guess his country: How do you feel when you have not had lunch?