Day 3 and our Arrival at the Memorial in D.C.

So after a train ride and bypassing a Thunder storm

we started on our last day en-route to the

National Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial

in Washington D.C.

We were just excited to get back out on the road to finish 

this in remembrance of Ranger Anderson and 

Trooper Radulescu.

Here is the Video from the Third day of our Ride:

 

And Thanks again to everyone that helped

support us before and during the ride!!

Day Two Pictures and Video

Sorry again it has taken me so long to get this up here,

But here are pictures and video from Day Two of the ride.

So at 7 in the morning all 250 of the Challenge riders 
headed outside of the Hotel to start our trip to 
Baltimore from Philadelphia.

And then we received the word that due to Thunder and Lightning storms rolling in that our Tour had been canceled for the day.......

So now the trouble is how do you get all these riders and all their bicycles and all their luggage over 100 miles to Baltimore......



Check out the video below to 
see how we did it.

Video for Day One of the ride is up finally!

I appoligize it has taken this long to get this posted.

But now that we are back home in the great North West, 

I have been able to work on the video and post up the rest of the days of our Tour.

Take a look...

Day one of the Challenge Ride

 We started day one out bright and early.

But everyone had smiles on their face, for the most part!

We were ready to go! 

We even had the State Patrol helo up overhead.

We even rode past Independence Hall.  

It was an awesome bonus.

And we finished our ride in Phili!  

It was a great and tough ride.

It was tougher than last years ride with Chapter 13. 

The hills we rode over were leg killers.

But we made it into Phili and our last break at the Target about 10 miles from downtown.

When we were done, we were treated to a behind 

the scenes look at the 

Liberty Bell and Independence Hall.  

This was an unexpected but nice treat to 

finish the day! 

And another reason I was not able to post this up yesterday night!

I am absent the video from the ride due to the program I use not working for me during the ride.  But I will post more up on here as time progresses.

Thanks for stopping by to see how we are doing!

Team Pierce County

Arrival in New Jersey

Well a few days ago we arrived in New Jersey.

It was an interesting ride to Somerset from Newark International Airport via a train, but we made it.

Tommie and Yo kept me company from behind all the luggage next to me on the way to Somerset.

The next morning we opened up out bike boxes and put our bikes back together.  

Later that afternoon we met up with the Police Unity Tour team from Oregon state and made a day trip to 

New York city.  But first at the train station we had a few bits from Dunkin' Donuts.

We Rode on the NY Subway in route to the World Trade Center memorial.

Tommie and I stood still for Jessica to take a picture 

of us by the reflecting pool.

And here is my best shoot of the day as we looked up from the pool to the new tower of the World Trade Center.

Then it was a quick trip back to Somerset and to get ready for Day one of the Challenge Ride of the Police Unity Tour.

Departure Time

Well the time has come

and we are ready.

In the morning six Deputies from the
Pierce County Sheriff's Department
will board a plane for Newark, New Jersey
and begin 3 days of riding and remembering.

Here is a video off of YouTube I found that will
give you a preview of the next 5 days.
Check back Friday night for Day 1's pictures and video.
Thanks for your support.

Team Pierce County

Team Pierce County Raffle Drawing

  Us six that make up Team Pierce County want to send a big "Thank You" to everyone that donated to the Police Unity Tour through this Themed Basket Raffle.  

With the help of a lot of people, this raffle was a success.  And without the donations that people gave to make up a majority of our baskets, we would have not raised enough to make the 

Police Unity Tour.

Here is the video of the drawing today:

And here is the list of winners:

     Golfers Basket:                        Shaun Linse

     Starbucks Basket:                   Decoursey

     Bird Feeder Basket:               Connie Perry

     Dog Basket:                             Kieszling

     Romantic Dinner Basket:      Alley

     Car Detail Basket:                  B. Buckingham

     Dinner & a Movie Basket:     F. Mitchell

     Horse Owner Basket:            D. Carr

     Cat Basket:                              Minker

     Harley Davidson Basket:      D. Carr

     Beer Basket #1:                      B. Karr

     Beer Basket #2:                      T. Curry

     Ammo Basket #1:                   T. Lerma

     Ammo Basket #2:                  "Jeff"

Thanks again to everyone!

Team Training ride from Tacoma to Bremerton

  With only 17 days left to go until we start the 

Police Unity Tour, our whole team 
(with PUT Jerseys on) 

set up one of our last training rides to go from Tacoma to Bremerton, Washington, a 62 mile round trip.  The planning of the route was the easy part, the hard part was trying to find a day where everyone could get together 

and have the weather cooperate. 

So Sunday the 21st was selected with the hope of Sunshine.

And as we all know now, that didn't happen.

Even in the rain, we made this trip happen.  

Our goal was to get 62 miles in on some good rolling hills.

And as you can see here, 2,887 feet of elevation gain was a good work out.

But our second, and I think more important goal of this trip, was to ride to the 
Washington State Patrol office in Bremerton 
where Trooper Tony Radulescu had worked 
out of for many years.

We wanted to ride there and present to the Troopers that work there, and had worked side by side with Trooper Tony, a plaque. 

We wanted to let them know that their coworker, who passed in the Line of Duty over a year ago, has not been forgotten.  

And that we will be riding in honor of him during our trek in the Police Unity Tour.

So even though it was a soggy and cold day, our ride was worth the hills and wet clothes we went through.  

Below is a video I put together of our ride.

Donations from Old Town Bicycle

  This year our group has been working hard at raising the money we are required to raise in order to ride in the Police Unity Tour.  In doing this, we contact many companies to see if they would be willing to donate financially to our cause.  And I'd say 90% of those companies come back with "Sorry, but we cannot help you this year", or "Your cause does not fit within our companies charity profile".  Our group understands how the economy is and expects a lot of this without any heartache.

But one of those companies I contacted this year was Old Town Bicycle out of Tacoma, Gig Harbor, and Olympia, WA.  When I contacted them, they were sorry that they would not be able to donate financially to us.  But instead of leaving it at that, Mr. Keating from OTB said he would try his best to get us supplies we could use before and during the ride.  And that he would put information on his website to try to help us raise money.  I said thanks and kept in touch. 

  Today I was asked to stop by their store in Tacoma and pick up what he was able to get from his suppliers as donations for our ride.  I was surprised to find two big boxes full of what you see in these pictures. 

On top of that, OTB has offered to have our bicycles "Tuned Up" for free before we ship them to the East Coast for the Police Unity Tour.

  Our team cannot thank the group from Old Town Bicycle, and especially Dmitri Keating, enough for what they have done to help get us going, and keep going during the ride.

Training Ride to Port Orchard

So when the sun decides to come out,

So do the Riders! 

The weather was Sunny &

55 degrees and it was a good day to step up our training.  

 

 

A 54 mile round trip from Tacoma to Port Orchard and back sounded like a good idea.

 

 

 

So across the Narrows Bridge we went. 

 

It was a good ride, though there were more hills than I expected on the Cushman Trail near Gig Harbor. No one dismounted when we rode up a 10% grade over 1200 ft long!!

 

Even though we wanted too!

 

And after a couple hour ride, we arrived in Port Orchard, WA

 

 

Then it was back to Tacoma (only 27 more miles) with a quick stop at the local PD.

Overall it was a good and challenging ride.  And a good test to see where we sit in reference to finishing the 270 miles of the

Police Unity Tour!

 

 

Oh, did I mention I had another flat?

 

Only 57 days left until we ride in the Police Unity Tour with the Southern California Chapter!

 

 

 

 



Pierce County TV Viewers

I want to thank all the people that have come upon our

Blog after viewing the Pierce County News episode that featured the Police Unity Tour.

(Click here to view the PC News clip)

 

Thanks for taking the time to view our Blog,

and I would encourage everyone to subscribe (by putting your email address to the right) so you can keep up with us as we get closer to the ride and watch the posts I will be putting up each day as we travel the 300 miles from New Jersey to Washington D.C.

Take a look at what we are doing this year
by scrolling down
and

click here to view our ride in the Police Unity Tour from 2012.

 

We are still working hard to reach our minimum goal of
$10,800
for our team of six,

and ask that if you are able to that you

donate by clicking
the "Donate" button to the upper right

of the posts here.

Thank you, Team Pierce County

"We Ride for Those who Died"

Tony Radulescu, WSP and Margaret Anderson, NPS



Training Ride in Olympia, Washington

Today started out being a good day to get out

and get some miles in on our bicycles.

Well that's when I realized I had a flat tire,

so I fixed that and

on the road I went with Dennis and Yolanda.

 

We decided to take a route we have never taken before by riding down and around the State Capitol, Olympia, WA.

 

 

 

We stopped at the

Capitol Grounds

for a quick

photo oppt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then we stopped by the

Washington State

Law Enforcement Memorial

to pause and look over the names and remember our fallen brothers and sisters we are riding for.

 

 

 

 

And just as we were about 4 miles from finishing,

I happen to run over something sharp in the road and

had my second flat of the rainy day. 

Overall it was a good ride though!!