last entry

Safely home and tucked into the garage at 11 pm

Only a few pictures to close the blog, I made a dvd of their pictures and Terry & Mark received a 3 ring binder with their postmarks and paperwork.  I am going to put their pictures into sleeves and put them in there too.

Terry & Mark received Certificates of Completion from the City of Blaine, WA.

They finally accomplished one 1000 mile day on their last day.

Terry had a goal of at least 2-3 days of getting 1000 mile days.

He was so pleased that when he pulled in the garage, he pointed it out to Mark and said at least they got one day in.

Hope you all enjoyed the trip with them.

Call or stop in on your way through.

Would love to hear from you.

twecle@aol.com

September 18, Thursday

I guess I never finished this entry.  Now to try to print where the pictures are not split in 1/2.

Day 14, Friday, September 12

They made it in around 11 pm.  1001 miles From Lacey, WA to San Luis obispo, CA  and in the garage.  Heard allot of stories with more to come.  It is after midnight.  Time for these boys to go to bed.  More pictures will follow over the next few days, with some stories.

Mark still has his last leg of the journey to make tomorrow.

Good night from SLO town.

Day 13, Thursday, September 11

End of Day 13 and they made it to Lacey, Washington, about 10 miles north of Olympia.

Said they froze their axxxs off this morning.  Hit some spots at 26 degrees.  Oh man!  that's cold!

They were hoping to stop and see his aunt & uncle in Oak Harbor, but decided to blow by and start heading for home.  Uncy says he is "barn sour"  

heard-bound; a dislike of leaving the company of other horses, or of leaving the stable.

funny thing is, Terry used the tern, "barn broke"  and I asked if his uncle told him about it and he said no, Mark told him!!!   hee haw!!!  too funny!

They did 815 miles today.  From Olympia to SLO it is 960, apologized he won't make it home in time for date night, but will be home tomorrow night.  Mark will spend the night and head home on Saturday.

 

As you can see I received the cd today, with quite a few pictures.  So I picked some out for all of you to see.  They have made their 4th and final checkpoint and was even issued a Certificate of Achievement by the City!  That was unexpected!  Terry called around 5pm and said they were going to ride for a couple of more hours before they call it a day.  Now I know he will be home tomorrow!

This is the marker between Canada and the US, in Blaine, WA

I am still somewhat a "newbie" when it comes to posting in the blog.  And I may have some of the pictures mixed up.  Sorry.

San Ysidro, Ca

Riding through the Keys in Florida

Still have paperwork to do!  this is what they filled out to send in for the checkpoints.

I guess they can't go any further south!

Check out the reflection in Mark's glasses!

Madawaska, Maine marker

Terry's nap in the church parking lot.

I might add a bit more later, after they check in.  One more day, one more longgggggggggg day!

in between entry, Thursday morn, 9/11

Kieth emailed this link to me this morning that I had forgotten about. to. This is the official body for the 4 corners tour.

www.usa4corners.org

It shows the "official" status of the boys.
Have not heard from them so far today, I am sure they are making a run to Blaine, WA. Terry expressed his desire to be home on Friday for our "date night". We will see. They certainly have the mindset for long miles. Will be good to see them back. ttfn for now.

Day 12, Wednesday, September 10

Terry said the day started off cold, thought they were going to skirt the rain, but they got wet pretty much all day.  They went into Glacier from the east side, makes sense and took the Highway to the Sun through the park and on down into Whitefish, MT where they are spending the night.

Terry said it was more spectacular than he remembered.  We were there 20+ years ago with our friend David.  And it was breathtaking.

It is great seeing what images you can come up with on the internet.  This is Terry & me!

Unfortunately the pictures did not show up today.  Maybe tomorrow. 

Day 11, Tuesday, September 9

It is now 8 pm Pacific time and I believe 9pm in Miles City, Montana.  I made the boys a reservation ahead of them.  They called from Glendive, Montana and the rooms were sold out, so they asked me to find a room in Miles City, 70 miles west on down I 94.  I found a room for them, after calling around and finding out that there is a convention in town.  Go figure.  But I found a room with double beds, non smoking and Jean assured me she would hold it for them, with no credit card.  After a second assurance, I let it go.  I will confirm they actually arrived as soon as Terry calls me.  I estimated them to get there about now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_City,_Montana

Miles City, Montana

And this is the only Hotel I could find a room in.

Just Kidding!!

But it is in Miles City.......

Good ole Rand McNally has the mileage at 822 miles from Ironwood, MI (last night) to Miles City, Montana tonight.  That is a long day in the saddle.

If I added the miles that I have been keeping track of, it comes to 7642 miles to date.  Will be interesting to see what the GPS logged in.

Still waiting to here from them.........

tap, tap, tap......this is me patiently waiting for my phone to ring......

ok, I can relax, they made it and now they can too.

A quick recap and then I am off to bed.

Terry said they were directed to the 4 B's restaurant and that they had killer tomato soup.  Found this little blurb:

4 B's Restaurant is located off I-90, the second exit for Miles City. We offer family style dining. We also offer a children's menu. We are known for our famous homemade cream of tomato soup served daily.

They saw Buffalo today and a flock of some type of Heron, not sure.  Appreciated the call ahead on the room.  Other than that and the comment about what great country they are riding through and would be good to hook up the trailer and spend a month traveling up there.  Who knows, one day maybe.......

I am out of here, hope you are enjoying the "Great Adventure of Terry & Mark", until tomorrow.....