Still in MICHIGAN

Greetings from Spring Lake, Michigan. Since the last time we updated we have done quite a bit of visiting and not all that much cycling... but that's about to change. While Jonathan and I (Jen) were participating in wedding weekend festivities with our friends Jon and Erica, Carrie had a chance to take a ferry over to Green Bay, WI to spend time with her friends Kelsy and Noah. She was back in western Michigan in time to attend the wedding (which was, by the way, spectacular). We then spent a night with my grandma in Holland and were surprised to find my mom had come to visit and wish us well. As is our custom, we ate everything in sight and then moved on --with grateful stomachs. Sunday night we found ourselves on the fringes of a nasty lightning storm, and once again God provided in the form of our friends Kyle and Bethany who generously offered a safe place to sleep. Unfortunately Jonathan has come down with a nasty fever and has not been able to get out of bed for the past few days. Luckily he has a bed to stay in at my other grandma's house here in Spring Lake. We had planned to camp on the beach next to Lake Michigan these past few nights and enjoy the well groomed bike paths of the greater-Holland area to make up some miles we will be traveling through in Ohio... but we all agree that if somebody had to get sick, this was definitely the time and place to do it. Meanwhile, Carrie and I have been putting down some miles between Spring Lake and Lake Michigan (about 50 miles per day) to keep our legs loose and prepare ourselves for the Appalachian mountains waiting for us in Pennsylvania... ouch.
In other sad news, we have left our beloved driver Autumn at her home in Grand Blanc, MI. She has some business to attend to, as well as a wedding. We will miss her.... really really realllllllly miss her until she re-joins us in central PA. Sigh.
As far as schedule goes, we will be in Pittsburgh for media on the 11th and 12th, central PA (Dillsburg/ Camp Hill area) for an American Lung Association event on the 19th, and then on to the Cape Henlopen/ Lewes, Delaware area for the BIG par-tay on the 23rd. All are welcome, please email stepsforstanley@gmail.com if you'd like more information. We're getting so close we can hardly believe it... who knew such a long trip could fly by so quickly.
We are really sorry about the lack of pictures. Thus far we have been posting them through Autumn's computer... and we no longer have Autumn or her computer. There will be a large posting when we reunite, and we will try to figure out some other way in the meantime.
Thank you again for all of your support, prayers and well wishes. Please continue to make every step count!