UPDATE: Sandy Hook Ride on Washington - March 10 (Day 2) - In Awe of the Spirit - with Action Alert

UPDATE: After covering 107 miles today (in addition to the rallies), the Team will be spending the night at Exton, PA. Tomorrow they will ride on to Baltimore.
Our mini-blogathon to cover the Sandy Hook Ride on Washington (SHRoW) was kicked off yesterday by tytalus, followed up by LilithGardener and wrapped up for the day by Glen The Plumber.  To say that it was an awesome day is an understatement.

While it is sure hard to pick a single moment that stands out among so much courage and so much love, for me it was Gabby Gifford's tweet:

If your legs get tired, remember we're in this together keep pedaling! Best wishes to our friends on #newtown2dc ride against gun violence.

— Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) March 9, 2013

Today was off to a great start (thanks to Dave in Northridge and LilithGardener for their chronicles) with the cyclists cruising through New Jersey in the morning for a midday event at Frenchtown, NJ.  They were seen off by Parsippany Mayor James Barberio, had a cheering section on the Morristown Green (arranged by Morristown councilwoman Rebecca Feldman), and were joined by other cyclists along the way.

At mid-day they held a moving ceremony in Frenchtown, NJ featuring comments by Mayor Warren Cooper, Michael Pohlie (a man who lost his son at Virginia Tech) and our own Monte Frank. This was covered by the Hunterdon County Democrat.  After that they crossed into Pennsylvania where they continued to ride south and stop overnight.

Here is an excerpt from The Sandy Hook Ride On Washington Home Page:

We support measures to help curb gun violence:

• Requiring all gun buyers pass criminal background checks*
• a ban of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines*
• making gun trafficking a federal crime, including real penalties for “straw buyers”*
• strengthen gun ownership restrictions for people with severe mental illness

We understand this issue is complex; but together we can ensure that specific actions are taken to prevent tragedies like those in Newtown, CT. Keeping children safe is an obligation we all share.

*source: Mayors Against Illegal Guns