Day 4 - April 27, 2012 Bangor, ME to Malvern, PA

Today was a successful close to the first week of 4 Wheels 4 Kids. The challenge for today was simple. For the first time, cover some bigger miles for an overnight at home. After reaching the Northeast "Corner" of the US yesterday, the route now take me southward, with Key West, FL cued up next. Today I rode just about 600 miles to an overnight here at home. The ride itself was pretty straightforward but the special element of fun was the fact that it was absolutely pouring rain, and 41 degrees when I departed Bangor before 7 AM. A couple hours of very wet highway riding took me beyond that problem when the rain abated around Portsmouth, NH. The rest of the day was spent under partly sunny skies and the only issue was that it was abit cold - never going above 50 degrees until quite late in the afternoon. Not much of a worklist this evening which is good becuse I'd like a good nights sleep in my own bed. Tomorrow I'm off down I-95. A morning stop at Bob's BMW in Jessup, Maryland will be followed by a few more hours on to Saturday's destination near Rocky Mount, NC. Then Sunday I'll push on to Southy Georgia/North Florida. Monday evening it's Miami! Bike is good. Equipment is all checked out and fully vetted and I'm ready to get on with the much longer portion of the trip. Let's rock!

Fund Raising

This week has been a really good one on the fundraising front too! We've received donations every day this week and the total amount raised is now $4726. We're within shouting distance of my goal of $5000 for the Austin Hatcher Foundation and it's my hope to go "over the top" in the next week. Please consider whether you would like to help. You can contribute online, using a credit card, by clicking HEREor, if you want to something simpler and quicker, how about texting the word "wheels" to 501501 Doing so will immediately donate $10, billed to your cell phone. Remember that everything goes directly to The Austin Hatcher Foundation and absolutely nothing goes to support the costs of the ride.