Day 0
September 6, 2006
348 mi (not incl. in total)
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Not part of the 4-Corners trip since it has to begin at the first corner. Day 0 was from Phoenix, AZ. to San Ysidro, CA
which will be the "Official" starting point of the trip on 09/07/2006.
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Day 1
September 7, 2006
677 mi
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FIRST CORNER
Beginning Corner. Begin trip at San Ysidro, CA. and traveled to Redding, CA.
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Day 2
September 8, 2006
440 mi (1,117 total)
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Redding, CA. to Wilsonville, OR. with a side trip through Silver Falls State Park.
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Day 3
September 9, 2006
463 mi (1,580 total)
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SECOND CORNER ACHIEVED!!
Started at Wilsonville, OR., rode north to Blaine, WA (second corner) and then back south
to Issaquah, WA. to be ready to begin the route east.
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Day 4
September 10, 2006
474 mi (2,054 total)
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Started at Issaquah, WA., rode east to Missoula, MT. No cell phone coverage most of the day so no GPS points to
plot.
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Day 5
September 11, 2006
571 mi (2,625 total)
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Traveled from Missoula, MT to Glendive, MT. Again, no cell phone coverage for the
entire day so no GPS points to plot. With luck she should have cell phone coverage back when she gets in the
vicinity of Bismarck, ND. I did talk to her this evening and everything is going fine, just no cell phone and
no internet connection for the past couple of days.
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Day 6
September 12, 2006
564 mi (3,189 total)
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Traveled from Glendive, MT to Bemidji, MN. Had cell coverage for a while, but
lost it again about 5:15 CDT.
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Day 7
September 13, 2006
380 mi (3,569 total)
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Started at Bemidji, MN. and rode to Bayfield, WI. around the south shore of Lake Superior. Cell phone coverage was dead until about
noon and then picked up again.
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Day 8
September 14, 2006
583 mi (4,148 total)
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Started at Bayfield, WI. Her goal today was Sudbury, Ontario, Canada however she has had no cell phone coverage
and no GPS tracking since about 8:30 this morning. I talked to her about 3:30 this afternoon and she was in Sault
Ste. Marie, MI. and was about to "Make a mad dash across the border". Update: I got an email from her and she arrived
in Sudbury, ON about 20:00 CDT. That made for a long day's ride!
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Day 9
September 15, 2006
424 mi +/- (4,572 total)
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Started at Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and arrived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at approximately 15:45 CDT. No
cell phone coverage all day so no true GPS points either. Because of that I had to let my GPS software pick
the most likely route from Sudbury to Montreal so the route depicted may be incorrect.
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Day 10
September 16, 2006 |
No travel today. She took a day off and stayed in Montreal with friends. She plans to leave tomorrow for the third
corner at Madawaska, ME and stay overnight there on 9/17. She can't mail the information to SCMA until the post office opens on
Monday morning anyway so she is just taking things a little bit easy this weekend. After Madawaska it is on south to Bar
Harbor, ME on Monday.
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Day 11
September 17, 2006
362 mi (4,934 total)
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So far all I know of about today is that she was escorted out of Montreal by another Stromtrooper (thanks Oldgoat!) and is
heading for Madawaska, ME. She still doesn't have cell phone coverage so I still don't get GPS position reports. The
coverage map for her cell carrier shows virtually nothing at all along the northern rim of the USA and southern Canada. It
should start to get better tomorrow as she heads for Bar Harbor, ME. but today is yet another "Mystery Day".
THIRD CORNER ACHIEVED!
Update: 19:00 CDT - Just got an email from her and she has arrived safely in Madawaska, ME! Rock On, Girl! Three down,
only one to go!
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Day 12
September 18, 2006
320 mi +/- (5,244 total)
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Rode from Madawaska, ME to Bar Harbor, ME today. She apparently spent some time crusing around and enjoying Acadia
National Park as well. This Map tells the tale, but I haven't quite figured it out yet. All
I can tell you is to never expect her to go from Point A to Point B in a straight line if there is a crooked way to
get there ;) I talked to her this evening and everything is going well. The end is more or less in site, she is back
on the eastern seabord where she has more reliable cell coverage, and should be heading south tomorrow.
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Day 13
September 19, 2006
762 mi +/- (6,010 total)
1,390 +/- to go!
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She's actually had cell phone coverage most of the day today and I've actually been getting GPS position reports! It's
good to know where she actually is without having to guess ;)
Today started at Bar Harbor, ME. and since then she has been across Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania. She ended the day in Frackville, PA.
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Day 14
September 20, 2006
348 mi +/- (6,358 total)
1,224 +/- to go!
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Today marks two weeks into the trip and over 6,000 miles on the odometer.
She started out this morning at Frackville, PA. She hit Washington, DC about 1:45 CDT this afternoon and then
headed across the Chesapeake Bay onto some great big island (I have no idea what the name of it is!). She has
stopped for for the evening in Pocomoke City, MD.
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Day 15
September 21, 2006
232 mi +/- (6,590 total)
1,187 +/- to go!
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I have no idea exactly where she is ;) I had GPS tracking until about noon and then it got lost when she went out
in the Atlantic Ocean. OK, not really, but she was headed down the Cape Hatteras chain going to Cape Hatteras
National Seashore. Unfortunately that is a length of about 60 miles in which she could be (Click
This Link to see a map of the chain). I'm sure she'll let me know exactly where she wound up, but for now that is
what today's destination was supposed to be. The mileage and GPS map are just approximate since I don't know exactly
where she stopped for the day.
Later ... According to her post on Stromtroopers she wound up in Buxton, NC. You really need to see her fishing
outfit!
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Day 16
September 22, 2006
438 mi +/- (7,028 total)
680 +/- to go!
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Don't know where that girl has been all day, but I suspect she's been laying on the beach at Cape Hatteras! Maybe
she at least took some photos for us. I had no GPS info until about 5:00 CDT and it finally started again when she
surfaced from the ocean in Beaufort, NC.
She wound up in Ridgeland, SC. about mignight her time. A pretty good ride for the day and she took a third of
her remaining distance off. Only 680 miles to go to complete the 4-Corners (measured from where she is to the
US Post Office in Key West, FL).
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Day 17
September 23, 2006
594 mi +/- (7,622 total)
217 +/- to go!
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I talked to her this morning after her late start out the door. According to her today was going to be
a "Stamp Collecting" day (she collects National Park Passport stamps) and she didn't expect to put in a lot of
miles. She hit Jacksonville, FL. about 2:30 CDT and so far has logged about 280 miles today. I guess
when you ride as much as she does that does qualify as a low mileage day ;)
Just talked to her again and her destination tonight is Boynton Beach, FL. She pulled in just before midnight
her time.
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Day 18
September 24, 2006
237 mi +/- (8,173 total)
Zero to go!
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Today is it. Barring any unforeseen problems she will make it into Key West today to end the 4-Corners Tour.
13:45 CDT - Florida City, FL (south of Miami) headed south. 125 miles to go.
15:30 CDT - Marathon, FL (in the Keys) headed southwest. 53 miles to go!
13:50 CDT - Big Pine Key, FL. 33 miles to go!
WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
FOURTH AND FINAL CORNER ACHIEVED!
SHE HAS ARRIVED IN KEY WEST, FL! -- Somewhere between 14:11 and 14:21 CDT her GPS tracking switched over to
indicate that she was in Key West, FL! CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE DONE IT!
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