Ride For Alzheimer's - 1999 thru 2002

1999 Ride:

Erie, PA to Portsmouth, NH
620 miles, July 20-27
This was my first ride, and I had a lot of fun... This was the final leg of ABB's cross-country ride. Click below to see and read all about it!

2000 Ride:

St. Joseph, MO to Erie, PA
1023 miles, July 3-17
For my second ride, I decided to go further back and did the previous two legs of the cross-country ride, ending in the same place I started the previous year. Click below to see and read all about it!

2001 Ride:

Sioux Falls, SD to Niagara Falls, NY
1049 miles, July 14-25
This was my third ride, and I didn't want to do the same route I had done before, but I couldn't start any earlier because of school. What to do? Well, it turns out ABB offers a "Norther Tier Package" and I was able to pick it up mid-way. This was a fantastic ride, but sadly I had to cut it short due to a tragic death in our family. I really had a good time and met a lot of wonderful people. Click below to see and read all about it!

2002 Ride:

Sioux Falls, SD to Niagara Falls, NY
1050 miles, July 21 - August 4
For my fourth ride, since I was still working at LMS, I had the same concerns over how early I could hit the road. Plus I was really disappointed that Donna and I hadn't gotten to share Niagara Falls last year. So I decided to re-run the same route as the previous year. This was an amazing year, and I wound up on numerous TV news broadcasts and newspaper front-page stories! I had a wonderful experience meeting dozens of people along the way, and the support for the Alzheimer's Association was just tremendous. And the photos of Niagara Falls are just amazing! Click below to see and read all about it!

2003 Ride:

Astoria, Oregon to Niagara Falls, NY
1900 miles, June 22 - July 19
Once again, I picked up the ride that ends where I started the previous year. This was my first time starting on the west coast, however! (Yay, retirement!) I loved photographing the Rockies and the Northern Plains as I trekked across Big Sky Country. Almost 600 new photos this year!

2004 Ride:

Minneapolis, Minnesota to New Orleans, Louisiana
1750 miles, August 21 to September 15, 2004
This year I wrote from top to bottom across the US on ABB's "Great Mississippi River Ride". I had a great time until Hurricane Ivan struck land and made us all turn and run back! This was a really fun new ride for me

2005 Ride:

San Francisco, California to St. Joseph, Missouri
2116 miles, June 3 to July 4, 2005

This year I headed out to cross 6 states: California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri. I rode a total of 2,116 miles!

Travel route highlights: Golden Gate Bridge, Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, Donner Pass, Lake Tahoe, Mt. Rose, 16 mile downhill ride to Reno Nevada, Nevada Bad Lands Desert, the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats, Salt Lake City, Wasatch Mountains, Utah Badlands, Book Cliffs, Monarch Pass (11,312 feet elevation), Continental Divide, Royal Gorge, Dodge City, American Plains where Jesse James and the Dalton Gang rode a century ago, and St. Joseph, home of the Pony Express.

2006 Ride:

Niagara Falls, NY to Portsmouth, NH
560 miles

This was a shorter ride, from the breathtaking falls in Niagara, across the rolling farmland of upstate New York, and over the Appalachian Mountains. We rode thru more beautiful farms in Vermont and New Hampshire, until reaching our destination - the wheeldipping ceremony at Rye Beach.

2007 Ride:

Portland, OR to Los Angeles, CA<
1450 miles
This was a huge, 23 day ride down the length of the West coast. The Pacific Ocean was the backdrop for most of the photos I took, especially once we hit good weather in California. Between my bike failing to show up in time, and the amazing journey we all shared, this ride will be a truly unforgettable one for years to come.

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