For 67 days this summer, Reed Wells is riding his bicycle about 3,600 miles from San Francisco to Washington, D.C.

Standing in his blue and yellow cycling spandex outfit and surrounded by a handful of clients of Mosaic, an organization that serves those with intellectual disabilities, Steven Dibble was smiling from ear to ear.

On Friday, June 26 The Ability Experience's Journey of Hope stopped in Wheatland at the Middle School. The Ability Experience's Journey of Hope is a 4,200 mile cycling event where members of the fraternity Pi Kappa Phi ride across the country to raise awareness and funds for people with disabilities.

Every time we are meeting new people, all the people that we're trying to help, they're always in very high spirits, they're always really happy, they're constantly smiling," said Michael Batres, a cyclist and mentor with The Ability Experience.

After a 90-mile ride, 26 Pi Kappa Phi fraternity members from all over the nation cycled into Portales on Friday on their Journey for Hope, a fundraiser for those with disabilities.

Jonathan, Gabriel and Alex are just a handful of participants on a cross country trek with a group called a Journey of Hope, organized by the Ability Experience Cycling team.