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Larry and Maureen, Chuck's sister and brother in law, making us a celebratory dinner at their home in Potomac

Chuck getting into his truck. He has not been in a vehicle for 48 days

Chuck and Patty at lunch in the Old Post Office Pavilion

(T-racer, Janet, Patty, Diana) The Sweep golden girls getting ready for the last day's ride

I like this sign... It was on a shelf in Java Cafe

Our mystery T-shirt modeled by Duane. Chuck took this picture on our ride day from Billings to Hardin, Montana

Riding buds Patty and Duane

T-Racer (Tracy) and Ash. Tracy turns 50 on Sunday, so we had birthday strawberry short cake for dessert tonight

Our last evening together. Everyone is happpy but kind of sad at the same time

Austin handing out our mystery T-shirt

My last campsite of the trip. Tomorrow is the end of the ride. I get to meet Chuck's sister, Maureen. She is meeting us at the Lincoln Memorial. We will stay one night with her in Potomac and then head back to Frederick to stay at Chuck's place until we fly back to Seattle on the 12th.

This is Best Farm, near the Monocacy battlefield in Frederick, MD. I left Chuck back in Frederick. He is going to spend the night at his apartment and meet us at our sag stop tomorrow. I am staying at camp in Clarksburgh since it is our last night together as a group. It's already sad to start saying our goodbyes.

Chuck took me to lunch at his favorite co-op just a half mile from his place

Chuck is so happy to be in his hometown. We are only about a mile from his apartment.

This is a revitalized area in Frederick, MD

Em these are your last frogs from my trip. they are playing checkers.. from Maryland with love, Mom

for em... frogs from maryland

frogs for em from Woodsboro, Maryland

This is Scott Powell, he works.with Chuck at Frito Lay. We ran into him on our ride today just outside of Chuck's home town of Frederick, Maryland.

Entering the PA bike trail at West Newton

frog for em from West Newton, PA on day 43

frog for em from day 43 in Monogehela, PA

day 43: Covered bridge in Little Mingle Creek Park, Near Washington, PA

eve act cont: hydrating...ha!

eve act cont: cleaning bikes

evenig act cont: playing cribbage

Day 42 Washington Pa, evening activities at camp: blogging

This is Molly at Karma Kafe. She was working by herself on the morning of Aug 3, when at least half of the big riders descended on her for food and caffeine. I told her that it was to bad that we couldnLt give her notice before we showed up. She said she wished her Boss could see her. I laughed and said that that would have been my neice Trina's response who works at a coffee shop in Iowa Falls, Iowa.

Karma kafe in Midland. we stopped here for breakfast and coffee on day 42

Diana and Tracy as we entered PA on SR 168. day 42

Nuclear Power plant in the distance. Hookstown, PA. day 42

This is for you Trina... a garage sale in Canfield... I guess it is too far for you to drive to

Pauline with her plate of fajitas

Serving up Fajitas and all the fixins

This is Terrace Lakes Campground. The water in the lake is scummy, but you can play BINGO to your heats content athe camp store

This is Duane, Doug, Jim, and Joe sitting and shooting the breeze while waiting on supper

Mark, working on our route for tomorrow

This is Sharon working on dinner. I suggested Fajitas for one of our cook at camp nights. so she took my advice. I got to fix the meat... nothing like a good marinade and pounding the hell out of the meat, in order to tenderize it. It was a very good dinner

Another frog for you Em. This one was from the entrance to Terrace Lakes Campground, New Waterford, Oh. This is where we are staying tonight

Kathy, this is your flower bed of the day pic

This is Manure Manor in Columbiana. (I'm not kidding either). I bought homemade zucchini bread and chocolate/chocolate chip cookies to share with the group at a Mennonite fruit and vegetable stand near here

This building is a WPA building in Canfield, OH. There are many WPA buddings that are on the national historic list in Canfield

This is a steel mill that we went by on the way out of Warren

I think this picture is of the county court house in Warren

More sidewalk art

Sidewalk art at the courthouse in Warren

woman's garden

Statue in the Woman's garden

Woman's Garden in Warren, OH

Em this frog picture is from someone's yard in Champion Township, OH. I scared the poor owner when I stopped to take the picture (sir if you read this, I'm sorry for trespassing, but thanks for letting me take the picture). His front garden was beautiful

In Montana they have be aware of Big Horn Sheep on the road signs. In Ohio they have be aware of Amish Buggies on the road signs

Em this is a frog that was in the yard in Burton

This is where they make Burton Maple Syrup

stand back these horses bite

Chuck and an Amish Buggy at Century Town

Barn at the Century Town Museum

Dress maker's shop at The Century Town Museum

Train Depot at the Century Town Museum in Burton

This is the Red Maple Inn where Chuck and I stayed in Burton. I think the picture that I sent this morning from our balcony I said that it was the Maple Leaf Inn. That is not correct

Barbara folding clothes

Kevin reading the local paper while waiting on his laundry

Diana waiting on her laundry

Ash and Pauline at the laundromat

Janet, Chuck, and Duane doing laundry at the laundromat in Burton

The Geauga County Fairground where almost everyone else camped at Burton

The view from our window at the Maple Leaf Inn in Burton

downtown cleveland

This is where we had lunch yesterday. a real hot local hang out in Cleveland. I had the best Reuben sandwich that i have ever had

Janet and Diana at lunch yesterday

One of the many mansions along lake erie

for kath. your flower bed of the day pic

The neighborhoods along Lake Erie are so well to do that they even have this machine to smooth out the sand everyday. rough living isn't it

I'm riding with Diana and Janet today. here we are at a beach in Lorain

This is me and Janet at the Vemillion Farmer's market. I bought baked veggie chips and dried apricot. pineapple, kiwi, and papaya for sharon to have at the end of the ride

Sharon decorated the back of our gear truck

These are the half century girls. In my case near the half century. On lake erie

This is at a vetran's memorial park on lake erie near Berlin, Ohio

Wake up Steph. Its time to RIDE! To many roller coaster rides last night??

me and ash. Our leg tans. his is better.

Breakfast this morning..... yum......oatmeal

Chuck being goofy at a state park on Lake Erie. The water was so mucky. I dont know if I would want to kayak on it

Lake Erie

Cedar Point Amusement Park Sign. I didn't go. Em and Erich you know just how much I like roller coasters......NOT!

Me drinking a beer at the end of the day today. I actually made it in in time to unload the truck

Chad and Austin at the campground in Sandusky

Rachel and Steven at the end of the ride today at Bayshore KOA campground in Sandusky, Ohio

This is for my sis Kath. What is this plant? There was a whole field of it just outside of Castalia

Chuck making a face at me on the road near the Ohio Turnpike in the town of Erland

This house is in Fremont, Ohio. The home town of President Rutherford B. Hayes

This is what you call a big ride congested sag stop. We hav a tail wind and flat roads. Everyone is in a hurry to get done. People are going to Cedar Park tonight. Its a huge amusement park

Chuck enjoying a cup of Joe

Grounds for thought in Bowling Green. Cool coffee shop and used book store. Talking to a few of the locals

Down Town Bowling Green

This is Tracy signing her name on Kevin's big ride shirt after dinner. Actually thats a really good idea

Serving up dinner at the Henry County fairground, Napoleon, Ohio, where we are camping tonight

Em, yesterday I sent you a frog pic from Indiana. This is an Ohio frog. love you

Another garden pic for you Kath

Chuck at the Indiana/Ohio border

This was a mural from a wall in one of the towns we went through today. sorry I cant remember which one

When we got to Wolcottsville (about 10 miles from the end of our ride yesterday) our las sag was at this icecream shop...yum I didn't have ice cream but had two hiuge mountain dews instead

this beautiful garden picture is for my sister kathy. Near Millersburg

I told Moriah to look for her picture on my blog. I bought cucumbers from her at her Gandparent's home in Millersburg yesterday. Kathy (my sis), I wanted to make your vinegar cuc's but the bottle of vinegar at the convience store was to big to carry on my bike. I bought a small bottle of zesty italian and marinated them in that instead. we had them with dinner tonight.

After lunch in Wakarusa yesters day. a Mennonite family had a water stop for us. Including Sugar Heart shaped cookies with pink icing

A alpaca or lama (I dont know which) near the Elkhart river. Elkhart, Indiana

My choice for an Indiana farm

I liked this sign. Myself, I try not to burn any bridges

This truck and what looks like a man leaning over an engine was beside Larry' shop yesterday, Wyatt, Indiana

Another home made totem near Salem Heights

Home made totem pole in a yard near Salem Heights, Indiana

I saw this new ball park as I rode up to the corner of Pierce Road and Hwy 31 in Lakeville, Indiana. I was so impressed that I turned instead of going straight. I was riding happily along when another one of our riders (Bob) chased me down (about a mile and a half down the road). He said, Patty, you really don't need to add another 10 miles to your day when we have a 109 mile day. I was so thankful, that I bought him lunch at Wakarusa.

North Liberty was a very pretty town

This is an example of a house in New Liberty, Indiana

This frog was out in someone's yard. This is for you Em. AMLM

An Edsel...This was Larry's grand father's car

A 1953 ford pick up at Larry's shop

The souped up engine on Larry's 1930 Ford

Steph sittin in a 1930 Ford Coupe

This is Larry Martin, who is a brick layer by trade, but his passion is restoring old cars

I stopped to take a picture of this old car and Gulf Sign, when all of a sudden the owner popped his head out of his shop

Sun flower crop North Liberty

This is for you Em....thinking of you. AMLM

This stop sign was out in the country near coal city

Since there wasn't a real welcome to Indiana sign, so Sharon marked the road with chalk paint

Chuck and Darell at the state line road between Illinois and Indiana

Chuck and Patty at the Illinois/Indiana state line

My Nebraska boys, Greg and Chad, thanks for the beefcake this morning. You started my day with a smile.

Dianna and Sam in front of the restaurant where we had lunch yesterday. On the ride between Belvidere and Coal City

The farms in Illinois are so pretty. People put interesting things out in their yards, like the above Standard Oil Drum

A turkey roaming in a farm yard near Morris, Illinois

The farm where the turkeys were roaming

Another farm house in Illinois. Mrs. Fowler generously gave me a tour of her gardens

Stopped for a train in Malta

Mural on the side of a pizza place in Kirkland

For my family

Bikes ready to go and bikers eating breakfast

Contour farming in the hills near Viroqua from yesterday

Some of the hill country I rode in today

Wisconsin farm

If you were interviewed by the Meyer girls you got a bracelet. Here is a few of the ones that were given out.

The worlds largest six pack

Crossing the Mississippi

Me and Chuck crossing over into Wisconsin

The three siblings

my niece. Trina and her husband, Pat

my sis kath

i didnlt drink all of these beers. but i did sample a little of each

the original refrigeration system that went into production about thirty years after the brewery's start

the workers today

Some of the original brewery workers. the brewery is getting ready to celebrate its 150th year

our tour guide at the August Schell Brewing Company in New Ulm. visit at www.schellsbrewery.com

Letty at breakfast in Rapid City

Chad and Noah at breakfast in Rapid City.

Breakfast in Rapid City

My brother Bill chopping wood at our campsite in New Ulm

My sis Kath and me at Oakhaven Campground in New Ulm

My sis Kathy eating pistachio nuts that Dotty sent me.. Sorry Dotty. Pistachio's are hard to eat on a bike

My niece Trina and her husband Pat relaxing at our camp site in New Ulm

Kath helping Bill put up his huge Kelty tent

Wind Mill Farm near Tyler, Minn. I stopped into one of the maintenance shops and talked to the guys that work on these monsters. I guess the local farmers consider them another crop.

Crossing over into Minnesota

The flowers in front of my tent in DeSmet

This is Bill

Bill... he graciously gave me and Chuck a tour of his place. this is an.all leather horse

This is Frontier Park.. Bill who is a local Huron native who is retired is working on his place to make it into a club casino. heLs doing all the work himself.

me at the half way point

breakfast this morning

Sunrise this morning at Miller HS

Outside the restaurant we ate at last night. My family will understand me taking a picture of these cans. Love you Mom...

James and Steph on arrival to Miller HS

lunch yesterday

Rosie the Rivitor playing pool at Bob's Thunderbird pool and bowling hall at lunch yesterday

Tony, Chuck. and Jim at SD State Capitol

SD State Capitol

Chuck in the morning yesterday, prior to leaving Pierre. SD has Casino's everywhere

Crossed the great MO today... we reach the half way point this week. Yea, 1650 miles... WOW.

We saw wheat field after wheat field after wheat field and oh yet another wheat field today

This is a SD roadside restroom! James got caught peeing in a ditch by a SD state trooper on the day of the head wind. we now all try to use the SD restrooms to avoid getting a ticket.

You know how boring the scenery is when a girl from Iowa is excited to see a cornfield. My family will get a kick out of this.

Em. this is our campsite at Kadoka, SD. stupid, doo doo, dumb birds woke us up at 3am

Steph and James by the world's largest prairie dog near the badlands

Badlands

Entering the badlands

Chuck and Patty. This is for Chuck's brother, Dr. Thomas Owen Field Jr. "Look Tom, no glasses!"

Me by a statue of Ronald Regan in down town Rapid City yesterday

Cliff a retired doc and our oldest rider was hit by a road construction vehicle. we were riding through a construction zone between Hardin and Sheridan. He was thrown from his bike. he's okay. got a new bike in Rapid City. cliff's bike was demolished as you can see from the picture i posted last week. his helment was completely intact and probably saved his life.

James Cleveland from the Coffee Crew at Plaines, Montana, emailed it to me. Thanking you for being a part of my blog.

Beautiful Steph and Patty

This is Janet. She is my roomie whenever we have a rest day at a University. She's great!

Pam sent me a care package of market spice tea and this card. Thank you so much Pam.. I love you.

Our wonderful Caters

Simon exclaims, "This POTATOE is purple!"

Chad and Ruben enjoying dinner

Patty from Delaware and Chuck from Maryland enjoying the appetizers

Appetizers - a gourmet meal catered by More Than Basil

more appetizers

yet more appetizers

Salads

Potatoes

Ahi and black bean burgers

Katie getting ready to go from Rimrock hall at Montana State U

Our bikes waiting patiently waiting for us to get done with breakfast

James at Wade's restaurant in Harlowton

Samuel and Janet at Wade's

More bikers at Wade's

Breakfast at Wade's

James riding a wild horse at our camping spot in Harlowton on the Fourth of July

Steph's dead tent

Steph at the Continental devide

Steph and James at MacDonald Pass

Stephanie, Mark, and I at MacDonald Pass (the continental divide)

This is Jim, the school teacher from illinois, with sumo man wearing a koozi at lunch in Helena

This is the sunrise from Avon this morning. I took the sunset picture with my camera.

Me, working on my blog

This is one of the ride support staff (Mark) under are welcome sign at Knowles Hall. His timing was great as he walked up under the sign just as I was snapping the picture.

University of Montana

Where we stayed on the University of Montana

Near Rivali on SR 200

Skull found at one of our rest stops on SR 200, Near Dixon

SR 200 in Montana, near Paradise

SR 200, near Dixon

This couple are from near Plains and sat at the table next to us at Benji's. The wife told me that the reason that the knats and mosquito's have been so bad this year is because of all the rain that they got this spring. I need to apologize to the gentlemen that I took a picture of at the Sinclair Station in Plains. I didn't save your picture by mistake. If any of you read this blog, would you take a picture of the whole crew and email it to me at patharm2@yahoo.com? Thanks

This is Benji's in Plains, Montana. We had breakfast here.

Hey, I thought boats were supposed to be in the water.

Only in Montana

Brandon

Thompson Fall's High School

Noah

Squirrel

This is John, a school teacher from Fairbanks, Alaska. Him and his dog squirrel are solo biking from Fairbanks to Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Me entering Montana

More of Lake Pend Orielle

This lake is so beautiful. Vicki and Bill are so lucky to have their retirement home here

Some bikers learning how Lake Pend Orielle was formed

James admiring the view out over Lake Pend Orielle

Another picture of the sunrise at the Buska's

The Buska's cabin

The Buska'cabin at Sandpoint

Sam, the Buska's dog at their cabin on Lake Pend Orielle

Vicki and me at her family reunion

Vicki's cousins

Matt, Bill and Vicki Buska

Kevin and James on the road to Sand Point

Steph taking a break

Highway 2 coming into Sand Point

Oh James, you look so manly

Picture of me by the Welcome to Idaho sign.

Rest stop at Newport

Once a farm girl, always a farm girl. I love taking pictures of farms.

Akira, Kevin, Steph and James at Spokane Falls

Spokane Falls

This little dinosaur according to Stephanie is alive. Every time that she walked past the house, where he apparently lives, he was in a different place (in the garden with his tail in the air, laying on the sidewalk, standing on the porch). Okay, Stephanie, "I told you to Stop eating those hallucinogenic mushrooms."

This is our dorm (Marion Hall) at Gonzaga

Day 5 - Dinner at a restaurant (Patty, Steph, James, and Kevin). Everyone is having a good time.

Spokane Riverfront Park

Stephanie

Patty and Kevin taking picture of the Spokane River

Taking a picture of Patty who is taking a picture of the Spokane River

Spokane Riverfront Park, Kevin and Stephanie. Patty and James in between and far side.

James

Patty, James, Steph, and Kevin

Stephanie making postcards for her friends and family members at Wal-Mart in Spokane

WIP (Work In Progress) with a help from SPF70...

Pink James...

James grabed a bottle of lotion @ home & diddnt realize it was glitter lotion

James says, "Do you like my head condom?" I said, "Are you planning on sticking it somewhere where you shouldn't?"

Day 4 - Well, this is where we are staying on our first rest day (DAY #5). The University gave us a warm welcome. I haven't slept in the top bunk bed since I was in the Army. I told Janet (my roommate) to call 911 if I fall out of bed.

At first these cattle came down to the fence to check us out. Steph got a great close up of a bull running away. They checked us out and then ran away as if to say,"Don't take our picture."

A pond off Hwy #2, between Davenport and Spokane. I saw a huge group of swallows near here that were dive bombing a mosquito ball. Also, I saw several coots out on the pond.

James, me and Stephanie taking a break to Pee (in James case anyway). While Stephanie and I took pictures. Kevin just stopped because the rest of us did.

I thought that this was a pretty farm off Highway 2.

James, on Highway #2 going into Spokane. "Boy, gotta love that tail wind!"

Up close picture of wheat in a field, near Davenport, Wa.

"Oh, the waving wheat, it sure smells sweet." This was taken near Davenport, Washington, I think it looks like the Windows desktop picture.

School in Odessa where we stayed our third night

Day 3 - This is the beautiful sunset from our camp in the field at the Odessa, Washington K-12 School.

The famous hwy 28 water fall

Nick left this message on the road for us

Pauline and Ash, from Vancouver, Canada. This is Ash's second Big Ride Across America.

This is Daniel (our ride leader) and Sharon (ALAW Big Ride Adminsitrator). We are saying goodbye to Sharon, she is going to rejoin the group in Indiana.

Water/check point on highway 28

More of the "scenery" along highway 28

Scrub brush along highway 28 on day 3

A wheat field near George

Day 2 near George, WA: I think this is the carrots

Wild Horses Sculpture above the I-90 Bridge near George, Washington.

The I-90 Bridge over the Columbia River. I wish someone could have gotten a picture of all of us going across the bridge in mass. We stopped traffic!! to go across

Waiting to cross the I90 bridge over the Columbia on day 3

Steph in front of Blusterys on day 3

Breakfast at Blusterys restaurant on day 3

Tearing down camp at Vantage on day 3

"Gross Steph! Your back looks like a crocodiles. Or should that be alligator? What do they have in North Carolina anyway?

Day 2 - "Where's the showers, I can smell myself?"

"Home Sweet Home"

Kevin outside of his tent at Vantage.

Setting up camp at Vantage, Washington.

I love this picture: This is Cliff and Stephanie near Thorp, Washington. Cliff, who is from Arkansas, is the oldest and tallest member on the ride. Stephanie is the youngest and shortest member on the ride.

Stephanie checking out the Yakima River near a river rafting put in point that had Porto potties that we all put to use.

Stephanie got the shot I tried for with her excellent camera. Cool!!

Other riders trying to get the same shot of Mount Stewart as me.

I was trying to take a picture of Mount Stewart from this bridge, but my camera didn't have a good enough telephoto lens.

Getting food and water at the sag stop on Day #2

This is Chad at our first sag stop on Day #2

Sheep Grazing in a field Near Thorp, WA.

Ranch in the Yakima River Valley

More Yakima River Valley Scenery

Scenery in the Yakima River Valley. I took this picture from my bike seat, while I was going down hill. Pretty good for someone who Steph has had to keep showing how to use her phone camera and cool pix camera (I am so totally mechanically and electronically un-inclined).

Kevin (on his recumbent) and James conversing as they go down a hill on highway #10 in the Yakima River Valley.

This is me at the top of our first big hill on day #2 after leaving camp at Easton State Park. You can kind of make out the Cascade mountains at Snoqualmie Pass in the distance.