Day 86- Reno, NV
August 31, 2010 Meetings did not work out as planned. Had housekeeping to do with postings and preparing for tomorrow. I want to thank Christi and Ballard for taking amazing care of me while in town. Christi is a terrific chef and surprised me at every meal. Ballard was a great companion as we ran the necessary errands each day and →
Day 85 – Reno, NV
August 30, 2010 Today is yet to reveal itself. Rest and catch up. Tomorrow: Potential meeting with the Nevada TAG and author Boone Colter. Blessings, George
Day 84 – Las Vegas – Reno, NV
August 29, 2010 Put Patty on a plane at 530 this morning and then headed out for the long drive back to Reno with the Larsens. The weather was great, in the mid 60's, and the drive beautiful. We arrived safely 8 hours later. Patty did arrive back in Norfolk safely, around 530pm eastern time. Unfortunately on her drive home she →
Day 83 – Las Vegas, NV
August 28, 2010 A day spent walking with Patty, Kenny and his two friends from LA. Seemed like miles and it probably was. There is way too much to describe and we only visited probably 3 hotels. I will leave my opinion at the door, but there is an amazing display of money pouring into every form of entertainment and distraction. →
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29
Honor and Remember in Olympia! http://twitpic.com/2hakiy # Now in Salem OR, ceremony 8/24, 10am Iraq memorial. Please join us. # Honor and Remember in Salem, OR! http://twitpic.com/2hurh3 # Great meeting in Lakeview with county commish and VFW members. Five hour drive to Reno and now settling in for early morn trip to Las Vegas. # 40 miles outside of Vegas. http://twitpic.com/2ir5rq # Sean Hannity, →
Day 82 – Reno – Las Vegas, NV
August 27, 2010 Today was a long travel day as we head to Las Vegas for the Hannity Freedom concert. left the RV at the Larsens in order to save about 1000 miles of wear and of course the 6 miles to the gallon. It was better of course to get to know them and share stories of our kids. Very →
Day 81 – Lakeview, OR – Reno, NV
August 26, 2010 Had a great meeting this morning thanks to Robert Hildebrand, with the Lakeview County Commissioner along with VFW representatives. They unanimously endorsed the flag and I left one for them to start flying right away. We said our goodbyes and headed on the lengthy trip to Reno, about 5 hours with the remaining 500 →
Day 80 – Eugene – Lakeview, OR
August 25, 2010 Had a great evening at the Gibsons with Jon and the family. Also Shawn their son was their and he is in the glass repair business with Safelite. I showed him my windshield and he is going to arrange for it to be fixed when I get to Sacramento next week! I will be able to have a →
Day 79 – Salem, OR
August 24, 2010 Tuesday, Last night I met Paul and his sister Michele. Paul moves at about a hundred miles and hour and has been feverishly working on pulling together the best ceremony possible. He had been in touch with the veterans affairs office, legislators, Gold Star families and the PGR. It is an all consuming effort to pull people and →
Day 78 – Salem, OR
August 23, 2010 I failed to mention yesterday that I was having some electrical RV issues and was concerned about leaving them for too long. The first is the fact that my front blinkers were sporadically working and the second was that whenever I plug directly into a GFC outlet it blows the circuit. I wanted to figure out the problems →
Day 77 – Longview, WA
August 22, 2010 Sunday Woke up in Bellingham getting ready the days travels. had a wonderful morning with Chris and Doris before heading out. A few days ago I received an email from Mary, Ashley and Gordon Painter inviting me to come through Longview on my way to Salem. It worked out great in my timetable to be able to make →
Day 76 – Lynden – Seattle, WA
August 21, 2010 Saturday Today we headed back to the North West Washington Fair. It was a very good crowd today and we were able to get the message to many of the folks walking by. The petitions filled up and I had many great conversations with former veterans and patriots. There was nothing extra significant today but the two sows →
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22
Leaving Mount Spokane church, headed to Seattle, 7 hours trip. At the northwest fair this week, come join us. # Safely here in Linden, WA for the NW wash fair. Will be parked here thru Sat. Thanks to Angie, Karen and Jim for the hospitality in Spokane! # Headed to Alaska Tuesday, if anyone has connection with Sarah Palin please let me →
Day 75 – Seattle, WA
August 20, 2010 This morning was a planned meeting with the chief of staff for the WA National Guard. It was about a 3 hour drive back from Belingham to Camp Murray in Tacoma. despite the drive and the Seattle traffic, the meeting went wonderfully and we were warmly received by Col Kapal. He pledged his support in moving our mission →
Day 74 – Anchorage, AK – Seattle WA
August 19, 2010 hard to believe that the Alaska trip was at its end, what had been planned for months had now come and gone as this became my 34th state. Today actually began at 330am as I had to be wide awake for my regular east coast radio interview with Tony Macrini, WNIS. son after I was called by channel →
Day 73 – Anchorage, AK
August 18, 2010 Last night after arriving in Anchorage, met with the Alaska chapter director Dave Caswell. We planned strategy for the next day and stayed the night at Elmendorf AFB. It was great to wake up to revelie an the view of our fighting Air force in morning PT. Our first meeting of the day was with the LT Governor →
Day 72 – Anchorage, AK
August 17, 2010 Travel day on Alaska airlines to Anchorage. Arrived and met with Honor and Remember of Alaska director, Dave Caswell. Prepared for busy day tomorrow. Tomorrow: Meeting with Lt governor, funeral of Sen. Ted Stevens and two flag presentations. Blessings, George
Day 71 – Bellingham, WA
August 16, 2010 Today was the first day of the Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden WA. We have a perfect spot right outside the animal show barn taking up the whole corner of the intersection. Setting up a couple of small tables we were able to fill several pages of petitions and share the flag with many patriotic citizens. It was →
Day 70 – Spokane – Bellingham, WA
August 15, 2010 Sunday Had a wonderful stay at the home of Jim and Karen Allen. Their house is built on the top of a mountain overlooking the city of Spokane and the view is amazing. You can literally see for a hundred miles and when the sun sets the city lights awakens in a blaze. This morning I was invited →
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-15
In Boise now however the transmission is still leaking badly. Put it in a shop in the morning. Pray for a reasonable fix. Back still hurts. # Sometimes marching on isn't possible. # Sometimes marching on just isn't possible. # Shop called, transmission needs to be replaced. Almost $4000 of work. Need any financial assistance possible. This is a tough one. Pray # Now →
Day 69 – Spokane, WA
August 14, 2010 Today Stan had scheduled a meet and greet at the local VFW hall at 9am. This was also planned to be a surprise personalized flag presentation to a local Gold Star family, Kim and Mick Cole. The PGR and American Legion Riders formed a flag line for the families and several dignitaries were in attendance including local media. →
Day 68- Missoula, MT – Coeur d’Alene, ID – Spokane, WA
August 13, 2010 Up early and over to Montana Harley Davidson Dealership to set up a literature table and meet and greet the customers. Chris the general manager there is a strong supporter of HR and had driven a flag on his bike from Florida to Alaska last year. A good time was had by all as we made new connections →
Day 67- Helena, MT
August 12, 2010 It was another herculean effort by Karen and the team back home to have sewn a personalized flag and shipped it in time for this mornings presentation. At 9am I walked into FedX at 143 Bozeman St and was handed the precious package. The ceremony was held at Fort Harrison in Helena in the medal of Honor Gardens →
Day 65/66 – Caldwell, ID – Helena, MT
August 10-11, 2010 Waiting day for the transmission to be fixed. We should be on the road by 9pm headed for Helena, Montana........ With the transmission fixed and $3700 lighter we headed on a potentially 10 hour drive to Helena, MT around 9pm. I have to thank all of those supporters who sacrificed out of their own budgets to send in a →
