Conquering Heroes!

Triumphant Entry

Jekyll Is. Entrance

I am a day late due to internet problems on Jekyll Island. So most of you have already read about the successful completion of the great bike ride in Monty or Dave' blog. It was a marvelous event and we should all be proud of Monty and Dave for this accomplishment. The trip to Jekyll Is. was pretty uneventful. We were dodging rain showers, but it held off after a few showers at the beginning of the days journey. The picture at the left shows the guys coming over the bridge to the island. You can just see the rear fender of a pickup, but there is a person in the back videoing the whole thing.

Success!

I had driven onto the island ahead of them, parked, and walked up on the bridge to photograph their entry. But by the time I got back to the truck some distance away, the bikers and their entourage had disappeared. Being the great guys they are, they waited for me to find them before the "drive" into the Atlantic Ocean. I don't know who the photographer represented, but the other blogs probably say.

So after a couple if interviews, the guys revelled in their 15 minutes of fame. Then we found a place to stay, and got on with being tourists. The island has a historic district with shops, etc. But being "off season" everything was closed. There were some pretty spiffy "cottages" to see though. We had a nice sea food dinner on the wharf  to celebrate a little.

And suddenly, it's all over. The gear was loaded into the truck with un-needed luggage, and I was on my way back to Phoenix early this morning.

So this is the end of this series of blogs. But maybe I'll summarize the trip when I get home. Thanks for the prayers and your interest in the project. God bless.

Waycross, GA

Today is one of those that doesn't lend itself to either picture taking or talking about. At least that was the situation until Monty got run down here in Waycross. Not to worry too much though because Monty and bike are both o.k. Apparently a lady turned right in front of him and a collision resulted. It could have been much worse, so praise God that it wasn't. Mark and I were in the truck a few blocks ahead of he and Dave. We wondered what was taking so long for them to come into view. By the time we decided to go look for them, they were back on the bikes and headed into town.

The lady from the Jekyll Island CofC was here to video interview the guys, so they are now big stars. Well, maybe not. The guys did a great job, though.

So all is well, and we are on our way to the end of the adventure tomorrow, except the weather forecast isn't good. It was totally overcast and cold today. The CofC at Jekyll Island is ready to film our triumphant entry. It will be a bummer if the rain is severe.

So that's about it for today. God bless.

2 to go

I took the weekend off as you already probably know. So I'll try to catch you up.

The Baileys (less their son)

Sherwood Baptist

On Saturday the trip to Dawson, GA was uneventful.The family we stayed with lives more toward Albany, kind of out in the country. The Baileys are a wonderful family and they treated us much better than we deserved. We went to church with them on Sunday to the Sherwood Baptist Church. Some of you may immediately know why that's kind of a big deal. For the rest of you, these are the folks and the church that made the movie "Fireproof" as well as some others. In fact,the gentleman who played Curt Cameron's father in the film was the guest pastor. (I don't know if he spells it like that, but hopefully you get the idea.) We are told that a new film is in the works. We'll sure watch for that.

Sunday evening we attended church in Dawson where Monty had made a previous contact. Monty and Dave had most of the service to preach a little and talk about Haiti and our trip across the country. They took a special offering for the Haiti project for anyone who felt they wanted to help. It appeared that the response was really good. Blessings on them! We also were able to partake of Communion with them.

Also, at the Baileys we were joined by Mark and his wife. Mark is joining the bike ride to Jekyll Island. They are also former Mountain Ridge people. Mark's wife has gone visiting elsewhere, but will join us at Jekyll Island, and they will transport Monty and Dave to Savannah where they will catch their plane home. In the meantime, I'm headed back to Phoenix with the bikes, gear, etc. Can't wait.

I.m such a dummy - we kind of lost track of each other in Albany and Monty kept calling me but only could leave voice mails. I finally discovered that my ring tone was off. Don't know how that happened, but I suppose just putting the phone in my pocket or something. We finally got together o.k.

Dave had a little mishap this afternoon right here in our destination of Tifton. Apparently he hit a drain or ? and it tossed him into a pole! He's o.k. and can brag about his battle scars. Other than a few flats and the just mentioned mishap, the day went well.

Tomorrow we go to Waycross, GA. Among other things, we'll get to visit the Okefenokee Swamp just near Waycross. Also, the lady from the Jekyll Island C of C will meet with us. It's kind of hard to realize it's just about over. But at the same time, I'm excited to start home!

Stay tuned. God bless.