With just about 500 miles to go, you might be able to see the top of Donald Trump's hair-do in Atlantic City. I'm sure just like any good stable horse, the boys are starting to smell the barn. It's getting closer.
During the past 24 hrs., Shannon's Soldiers crossed into Ohio from Indiana and at the time of this writing are about to leave Ohio and enter West Virginia. They've pedaled over 2,500 miles since last Tuesday afternoon and have just over 500 miles to their Atlantic City destination. They still have the states of West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey in front of them but Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Arizona and California are in the rear view mirror.
The hot and humid weather are still a problem but actually the average speed has increased today versus yesterday, probably again, because the end is getting closer. Shannon's Soldiers are projected to cross the finish line in Atlantic City between 3:00 am-3:30 am (Eastern Time) on Wednesday morning, June 20. I think they'll be a good contingent of family and friends cheering for them at the finish line but my guess is the guys will want to take a long shower and go to bed. Probably not much interest in hitting the casinos. My wife Cathy and I are catching the red-eye to Philadelphia tonight and plan to be in Atlantic City by noon tomorrow. I'll figure out some way to get my daily update out to all of you.
The enclosed photo shows my brother Pat finishing his leg and handing things over to fellow teammate, Dan Schmidt. These guys have almost completed this unbelievable challenge and they and their support crew are exhausted and running on fumes. When you wake up Wednesday morning, if for some reason you happen to think of Shannon's Soldiers being done with their journey across our country, I hope you grin from ear to ear thinking about what they've accomplished and the important role all of you played in making the purpose of this trip so meaningful to Pat and his daughter Shannon.
My next update will be from ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY!!
Jim Mahoney
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1 comment:
Way to go Pete and gang, Bob and Pedro are watching you every minute wishing we were there. Can't wait to here all about it. Pedro
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