Road Diary

Many of us convened at the Carmike Theater for the RV ride to the Merchants Bank branch office in Apple Valley for our Welcome…

Today was one of the two days where we wanted to get an early start and an early finish for our drive home, so…

The Grand Rapids area weather continues to be nice to us, something which we are very happy about, especially considering the rainy weather back…

Ok…the update some of you have been waiting for. Johnny brought the cute little pup, the new CEM900 mascot temporarily named “Christie”, back home…

Right away this morning Johnny and Tony were commenting that the diary seems to omit stories about Dennis’ mistakes, such as misleading them on…

Rarely have I seen a more unmotivated group on the CEM! A cold front moved through overnight, and it was cloudy, cold and very…

After an overnight of heavy rain, we intentionally woke early with a goal of hitting the trail by 8:30, so we could finish our…

Another bright, sunshiny morning greeted us, and before long Matt and Justin had breakfast going. On the menu for us today: pancakes, French toast,…

We love sunny 75 degree days, and today looked to be one of those great days to start riding. Matt got the breakfast sausage…

Yesterday we received a send-off luncheon at the Elder-Jones office courtesy of Merchants Bank and the Kids  n Kinship staff. Most of our…