I don’t know where the time has gone, actually. My schedule has been so hectic that I haven’t had time to update my blog in forever. So where do I start this time? I completed the second leg of my trip and flew home from Fargo, North Dakota on July 2nd.Enroute to Fargo I was driving along the freeway heading from Sioux City, Iowa into South Dakota when I spotted a Fox News building off to the side of the road, so I took the next exit and drove over to it. I have done this several times along the way only to find the doors locked, so I wasn’t very optimistic, but lo and behold, it was open. I went in and told the receptionist that I thought I had a good human interest story for them and explained what I was doing. She called the news director to come up and after interviewing me he agreed that my story was news worthy and had one of his camera men come out and do a quick interview. I made it on to the news that evening and I have ordered a copy of the story and will post it on my blog when I get it. It is very short, but I am pleased that I got some air time at all.
The 5th anniversary/annual golf tournament fundraiser for Fight ALD was on July 11th so I was incredibly busy with pulling everything together for that. It is always a lot of work, but also a lot of fun.
MY LOYAL VOLUNTEERS!
I have a great group of volunteers that help me with the event every year and I truly couldn’t do it without their help. The event was smaller this year, but it was a gas and we still raised some money. My parents and brother came to town for the event as well and it was great to have them here. The rest of the time I was working on my itinerary for the third leg of my trip, printing and folding flyers and preparing for the next four weeks on the road. I don’t have it posted on my website yet, but will try to get to that some time this week. I have a lot of stops this time as there are many Children’s Hospitals in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. I still need to finish mapping out my stops for the final week of this leg, but already have 184 by the time I reach Springfield Missouri. I was fortunate to get hooked up with a friend of a friend in Fargo where I left the RV and he was able to get a mechanic to do some maintenance and install the rebuilt carburator for me so I anticipate a smooth journey in that respect. I have truly been blessed with the folks I have met along the way. The support and encouragement have been phenomenal. And I am happy to report that at this point, I have been to 260 medical facility’s in 16 states in all. And to be adding close to 200 on the next leg in only five states is a bit over whelming I must confess. The further east I go the more dense the population, hence the more facility’s to visit. But it is so worth it. I am fighting the fight for all the boys yet to be diagnosed! And with that comes hope.