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[April 7, 2005]
Welcome readers, family and friends! As some of you know, I my husband of almost 20 years lost his long battle with head and neck cancer on November 30, 2004. In his honor I will be attempting to ride through all 48 states this year. In March I collected the first three states, TN - GA - FL. There are three more trips planned, each one more aggressive than the last.

The first will consist of three weeks on the road, the second of five weeks and the last of ten weeks (although two of those weeks will be spent volunteer vacationing on the Blackfoot Nation Reservation in Montana).

My initial plans were to just fill in my rider map with those states that I had yet to ride in [see map at bottom of page for states that I have already ridden in between 2003-2004]. Then someone mentioned the Iron Butt Association's National Parks Tour Master Traveler Award. This consists of getting a National Park Passport stamp in at minimum of 50 parks across at least 25 states. Well that seemed pretty easy to do, what with all the states I had left open on my map. After reading a bit more, the next level (Silver Award) consists of including all four corner states. My plans already included WA, CA & ME so adding FL seemed like a no-brainer. From there it was a short leap to riding in all 48 states.

So my last several months have been spent in planning, purchasing the gear I need and getting myself psyched into these trips. I will try to post from time to time as I travel but if not successful, I will be posting (with photos) when the trip is complete. So, remember to check in from time to time to see if anything is new!

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