Midway Route Daily Situation Reports

Well, here we are, our final day of riding on this mission to The Wall.  I don’t know whether to be happy or sad.  It’s hard to know what to feel.  I feel some of both.  I don’t want it to be over.  Anyone ready to start over? I always love the prayers our chaplain’s corps provide for us. Thanking … Read More

There’s something magical about staying at the host hotel.  Seeing all your buddies and talking about the stories of the day or relaxing with a cold one with your platoon mates.  To others, staying at the host hotel may be a little hell on earth.  No close place to park, long check-in lines, card keys that don’t work forcing you … Read More

Today is a short ride like yesterday, tomorrow the same, only a half day on Friday and then it’s over.  Some can’t wait to be there, others like me can’t stand that it’s almost over.  My wife is one that wishes it was over and I was home.  Of course I want to be home and I miss my darling … Read More

(I wrote these words last year, but they seem completely appropriate this year as well). Wow this mission is going by fast.  Only three days left and the last day is only a half day for the Midway Route.  The last day we have less than 100 miles to ride, then a visit to the USMC Museum in Quantico and … Read More

Day 6, Forrest City – Cookville According to my GPS we finished today with a little over 2000 miles.  We are now in Cookeville, TN.  Today started out a little different.  It had all the usual activities, breakfast, mandatory meeting, prayers, instructions, drawings, bio reading, etc.  Today we will be heading to Cookville, TN where last year I met up … Read More

Do you remember the tornado warning a couple years ago in Shawnee that made us all evacuate to the lower floor in the middle of the night?  Well, no such warning last night thankfully.  The weather was great today.  It looks like there might be weather tomorrow, but we will wait and see what miracles we receive today before making … Read More

What a fantastic day.  Great weather!  A little cool, but nothing a light jacket wouldn’t cure.  God is blessing us just as our Chaplain’s Corp has prayed for.  Thank you God for your traveling mercies another day.   Can we ask for one more day?  I’m sure the weather is helping us travel safely as well as all the prayers in … Read More

We had a late meeting start so we could sleep in early.  Yay!  Over at the Rich Ford Dealership, breakfast was served.  What a spread!  They had everything.  The bacon, sausage, eggs, fruit, biscuits and gravy was all great and there was much more. Mandatory meeting time again, but it didn’t start until 0800.  Nice.  After the usual stuff, several … Read More

Day 2, Flagstaff to Albuquerque Woke up early this morning.  Way too early.  Headed over to the meeting location.  At the meeting, I mentioned the activity at Milan and handed out the cards for riders to read with the Milan children.  I passed out all I had and hoped it would go well.  Then Six-String brought more cards and more … Read More

President Williams (Les) comes up to me at our fuel stop in Williams, AZ of all places and says’ “look Tom, Morse Code” as he flips the sun visor in his helmet up and down in a familiar pattern.  So I said, “Looks like SOS” and he said, “That’s what it is”.  I laughed.  Maybe I should have asked him … Read More