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HopeRider Jeff at finish point
Celebrating the finish
Latest Iron Butt Rider LOOKS GOOD!!!
HopeRider Jeff with his Key West Police escort

HOPERIDERS’ DAILY JOURNAL
Day: 26 (Continued)
Jeff rolled through Homestead to Key West to complete his HopeRider mission and one of the International Iron Butt Association’s (IBA) most demanding rides — The Ultimate Coast to Coast to Coast.  His ride covered over 11,600 miles of some of the most demanding roads and weather conditions (tropic to [...]

HOPERIDERS’ DAILY JOURNAL
Day: 26
 Jeff rolled into Homestead, FL this morning.  It has been a very challenging ride for him since the Ice Trucker Road took out his radiator back on Day 14.
Welcome home and congratulations Jeff.
RIDE SAFE – RIDE STRONG
HOPERIDERS

HOPERIDERS’ DAILY JOURNAL
Independence Day

Day: 24
From: Valdosta, GA                                                      To:  Key West, FL
Miles Travelled today: 607                                    Total Miles Travelled: 11,646
Total Gas Used Today: 12                                    Total Gas Used: 234
Weather: HOT (74-94 F)
Left Valdosta at 3:30 a.m. to beat the heat and get a good jump on the last day of this [...]

HOPERIDERS’ DAILY JOURNAL
03 July 2011

Day: 23
From: Cadiz, KY                                                       To: Valdosta, GA
Miles Travelled today: 560 Total Miles Travelled: 11,039
Total Gas Used Today: 11 Total Gas Used: 222
Weather: HOT (69-98 F)
Left Cadiz at 7 a.m. and it was another hot day.  It was so hot I not only had to hydrate [...]

HOPERIDERS’ DAILY JOURNAL
02 July 2011

Day: 22
From: Hays, Kansas                                                      To: Cadiz, KY
Miles Travelled today: 741  Total Miles Travelled: 10,479
Total Gas Used Today: 15 Total Gas Used: 211
Weather: HOT, HOT, HOT (69-98 F)
Today was a day of hard riding. I continued to proceed ahead of Jeff because I must return to work [...]

HOPERIDERS’ DAILY JOURNAL
01 July 2011

Day: 21
From: Cheyenne, WY                                                      To: Hays, Kansas
Miles Travelled today: 431 Total Miles Travelled: 9738
Total Gas Used Today: 9           Total Gas Used: 196
Weather: Bright and Sunny (63-83 F)
Early this morning Jeff took his bike to Cheyenne Sports Center and had [...]

HOPERIDERS’ DAILY JOURNAL
30 June 2011

Day: 20
From: Conrad, Montana                                    To:  Cheyenne, WY
Miles Travelled today: 735      Total Miles Travelled: 9307
Total Gas Used Today: 15     Total Gas Used: 187
Weather: Thunder Storms and Very Windy (52-81 F)
Jeff and I got an early start leaving Conrad at 4 a.m. enroute to Denver, CO, which is 835 [...]

HOPERIDERS’ DAILY JOURNAL
29 June 2011

Day: 18
From: Red Deer, Alberta                                    To:  Conrad, Montana
Miles Travelled today: 351  Total Miles Travelled: 8572
Total Gas Used Today: 8 Total Gas Used: 187
Weather: Cool and Very Windy (53-78 F)
Took the bikes in to the Precision Kawasaki for a much need service call.  The team there was just [...]

HOPERIDERS’ DAILY JOURNAL
28 June 2011

Day: 17
From: Pink Mountain, British Columbia                To:  Red Deer,  Alberta
Miles Travelled today: 607   Total Miles Travelled: 8221
Total Gas Used Today: 13  Total Gas Used: 179
Weather: Cool and Sunny (50-70 F)
Left Pink Mountain at 0700 heading south  toward Dawson Creek where [...]