It's That Time of the Year Again --- Run For The Wall !!!!

Is it already May again?! It's amazing how quickly time goes by. You realize more and more that time is often more precious than riches. That's why I take the time to participate in Run For The Wall (www.rftw.org). I do not know how much more time I will have to honor those who have served our country. More importantly, we do not know how much more time these veterans have for us to tell them "Thank You" and "Welcome Home" for serving our country so that we may enjoy the freedoms that we have today.

We (the particapants in RFTW) have once again arrived in California to go "All the Way" from LA to DC. Why do we do this?

• To promote healing among ALL veterans and their families and friends.
• To call for an accounting of all Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action (POW/MIA).
• To honor the memory of those Killed in Action (KIA) from all wars.
• To support our military personnel all over the world.

This all culminates with our support of and participation in Rolling Thunder during Memorial Day weekend in Washington, DC.

Once again, our group (Bones' Brigade) had our trials traversing the country side to make it out to LA. We had a monsoon-like rain in Missouri. This was the northern part of a storm that produced tornados in the southern part of Missouri, Arkansas, and Kentucky. We rode through heavy fog, mist, sleet, and snow as we left Bones' Barracks in Fort Collins, CO and traveled through Denver going west across the Rocky Mountains. We got to smoke some tires on the interstate in Utah as the mule deer inevitably had to get to the other side. And, of course, 106 degree heat as we sweated through the desert. However, we did have two gorgeous views during our trip. We had a gorgeous view of the Rockies from a friends driveway as he hosted us at his home for lunch. The pictures below show the view looking towards Aspen, CO (that's my motorcycle in the middle of the picture) and the other bikes in front of our friends house. And, we had a gorgeous view (albeit fast so as not to be run over by southern California traffic) of the San Bernadino Mountains as we rode down into LA.

We begin our journey anew from LA to DC on Wednesday morning. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Stay tuned for future updates.