Well, yesterday I spoke with Dave Johnson from the 4 Corner's ride and
he said they use the postmarks for the starting and ending time. He
doesn't really pay attention to the dates on the gas receipts. He
said no one has ever presented this problem before; starting on a
Monday means you only have 20 days to finish because you can't get a
postmark on the final Sunday, SO, I'm going to start late on Monday.
The 4 Corners ride has different requirements than an Iron Butt Assoc
ride. I've got to go to the appropriate town, get a photo of me in
front of something that identifies the town (Post Office, Police
Station, Fire Station, etc) and get a phone number from one of the
local establishments. The phone number, and a gas receipt, are sent
in an envelope from the post office in that city. The photos I'll
have to print out when I return to send in then.
If I start the ride late enough on Monday, it will get a Tuesday
postmark and I can then ride with Ruth for the final leg from Hudson
to Madawaska and have a Monday postmark on it.
The tent was dry when I awoke. Actually, it was the 3rd or 4th time I
awoke because the campground is appropriately named the "whistlestop".
I had trains go about 30 yards from my tent multiple times during the
night and they hit the whistle at an intersection about 1 km away
(loud enough to wake me). In addition, the TransCanada is only 100 m
on the other side so really, the campground is scenic and noisy. It
was still nice but I think I'd find somewhere else to stay next time.
I've already packed and gotten to Abbotsford, about a 90 km drive.
This was the turnoff to the USA border and I found a final Canadian
Tim Horton's for breakfast. I've become fond of their everything
bagel with herb and garlic cream cheese for breakfast.
Its spitting outside now. I guess I'll go pack up and head back to the USA!!!
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Todd Ryan; Hudson, MA
Westborough HS Science Teacher
MSF RiderCoach
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