A Ride to Remember

TOH Rider #132

Want to follow along? Here's a link to my Spotwalla page - it is active anytime I am out riding and remember to turn my Spot on.

Tim's Spotwalla Page

And here is a quick interactive map you can look at in the blog post.

The rally starts April 1st. We (the riders) won't know what the locations are until the list is released near April 1st.

I apologize in advance for my ramblings - I have only recently begun to flesh out what started as a small nagging thought in my head to do something to make this ride meaningful for me. The whole concept is developing as I type. Sometimes my mind goes faster than my fingers can type.

As I mentioned in my previous post, I plan to ride Tour of Honor as a tribute to all veterans with a focus on those who believe suicide is the only option. I mentioned my plan to ride for 2 charities - Mission 22 and Operation Tango Mike, but when I went to see about setting up a GoFundMe page for charitable donations, I discovered I could only have one recipient per page. I don't like complications, so here's the plan...

I am going to set up a GoFundMe page for Mission 22 (I will post a link as the rally approaches on April 1st). I still want to donate to Operation Tango Mike because I believe they do great work. I plan to donate to OTM at a rate of $10 per memorial site visited or 10% of all donations, whichever is larger. Based on the early responses I received, I think both charities will benefit from my efforts.

Both organizations deserve your support. Don't succumb to the thought that any help you might offer would be a drop in the bucket unnoticed by the charities.

And now, my ride. Here are a few pictures of my Goldwing. It has all the creature comforts you would expect from a couch on wheels :)

I'll post a few pictures of the modifications I have added to make the bike a true long-distance machine. Stay tuned.

My companion.

You didn't think I was roughing it, did you???