Folks Of Interest Butcher Boy's Charity Drive: 49 States In 7 Days, 14 Hours, 20 Mins, 49 Secs !!!

Good luck,Dave,and be safe.

 

12 hours into his first day, he has 12 states off the list and 37 to go. Pretty impressive!

 

Day 1

Blog & pics can be viewed HERE.

15 States:

.......1) Maine
.......2) New Hampshire
.......3) Vermont
.......4) Massachusetts
.......5) Rhode Island
.......6) Connecticut
.......7) New York
.......8) New Jersey
.......9) Delaware
.....10) Maryland
.....11) Virginia
.....12) West Virginia
.....13) Pennsylvania
.....14) Ohio
.....15) Michigan



NOTE: You can track Dave's progress via the "49in7.com - Live Tracking!" webpage ... just click the SPOT logo below:

 

I don't I could do that much driving in 7 days and I'm 27.

 

Dave

The road to Stewart, B.C. to Hyder, Alaska has been closed as several washouts have wiped out roads and bridges. 100's of tourists are trapped. They are barging in gas and groceries.
This happened thursday and there is no time line for repairs.....days/week/more?
They are barging in equipment from the Stewart side and equipment from the Hwy 37 side..........
More info: Google: BC Highway Road Closures

Plan "B" , drive straight thru to Prince Rupert, B.C. then take the ferry to Ketchikan, Alaska.
Drivetime to Rupert would be shorter than to Hyder/Stewart, but ferry time is six hours each way.

To HAMB members, Dave uses Hyder as his Alaska "touch base" as it is very handy and saves another 2-3 days, or more driving....

 

Go Dave Go.....................hope to catch you in central MN and drive along for a few miles Dale

 

Day 2

Blog & pics can be viewed HERE.

8 more States:

.....16) Indiana
.....17) Kentucky
.....18) Tennessee
.....19) North Carolina
.....20) South Carolina
.....21) Georgia
.....22) Alabama
.....23) Florida



NOTE: You can track Dave's progress via the "49in7.com - Live Tracking!" webpage ... just click the SPOT logo below:

 

I'm on board for the whole trip !!

 

Me too ... on the louver just out of your pic (two above "Gary Hoss").

Go, Dave. Go!

 

Wife and I are on top, drivers side with a good view

 

Brother Ron (from Fresno) and I have been on both trips! Also, our club, Forties Limited of Orange County is riding along back on the decklid. Great cause- 100% of your donation goes straight to the Ronald MacDonald House. Go Dave!!

 

@oldcarkook is also along for the ride ...

"On top of" Linda Vaughn :

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Hey I am ok with that. Its a very smooth ride up here on the cowl. This is also my second lap on this adventure as my paying job is plastered on the hood as a sponsor.

Go Dave Go! I think that he's just pulled up for the night in Jefferson City MO or near there. He is running from midnight to 7PM each day and sleeping for 5 hours. What a machine.

Check out the live tracking and please consider putting a little money in the hat. If we all do a little, then nobody has to do a lot.

Live tracking: http://49in7.com/the-trip/live-tracking

Donations: http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/49in7/ronald-mcdonald-house-at-stanford

If everyone here were to toss in $5, that would put $780k in the till. If one out of 7 members here throws a sawbuck in, that will put $100k in JUST FROM HAMBers.

Think about it. Just a little more than the cost of a gallon of fuel to help save a kid's life? Those with short arm disease (arms can't reach pockets) we understand - we've seen you guys before every time the bar tab needs to be paid.

 

Day 3

Blog & pics can be viewed HERE.

8 more States:

.....24) Mississippi
.....25) Louisiana
.....26) Arkansas
.....27) Texas
.....28) Oklahoma
.....29) Missouri
.....30) Kansas
.....31) Illinois



NOTE: You can track Dave's progress via the "49in7.com - Live Tracking!" webpage ... just click the SPOT logo below:

 

Todd

Still no time line on repairing bridges and roads to Stewart, BC and Hyder, Alaska. They are now barging out tourists vehicles to Prince Rupert, BC.

 

Ouch! This is a troubling new piece of information. Hard to drive on water unless Dave is going REALLY fast or he has one of these:

 

Well hes past through Wisconsin already... wonder if he got Police escort because we have more cops than civilians here!

 

Day 4

Blog & pics can be viewed HERE.

5 more States:

.....32) Iowa
.....33) Wisconsin
.....34) Minnesota
.....35) North Dakota
.....36) South Dakota



NOTE: You can track Dave's progress via the "49in7.com - Live Tracking!" webpage ... just click the SPOT logo below:

 

Keith (@pg409) PM'd me to alert me of some promising news from the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure website (DriveBC.ca):

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Highway 37A: Closed in both directions from Stewart to Meziadin Junction with Highway 37 (61.5 km) due to the washouts and damage to the Bitter Creek Bridge. Estimated time of temporary openings is Friday, September 16. Moderate Confidence. No detour available.

I called Dave (driving on some "back-road" in Colorado) to give him the "good news" about the possiblity of Hwy 37A being open on Friday ... although it was difficult to hear him (darn bluetooth hands-free devices), the news seemed to lift his spirits a bit ... let's cross our fingers that the MoT&I crews get the road passable before he arrives at the 37/37A (Meziadin Lake) junction on the 16th.

We talked for quite awhile longer ... when I mentioned the roadster's non-operational speedometer (& cruise control), Dave quickly replied he had no time to fix it while on the road ... it was quite obvious he was focused on the "task at hand": Arriving in Flagstaff, AZ ... tonight!

Go, Dave. Go!

 

Day 5

Blog & pics can be viewed HERE.

6 more States:

.....37) Wyoming
.....38) Montana
.....39) Nebraska
.....40) Colorado
.....41) New Mexico
.....42) Arizona



NOTE: You can track Dave's progress via the "49in7.com - Live Tracking!" webpage ... just click the SPOT logo below:

 

Day 6 Progress Report

After 8 hours on the road (~1:45am PDT to ~9:45am PDT), Dave has driven west across the rest of Arizona and checked another 3 states (California, Nevada, & Utah) off his list:

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Go, Dave. Go!

 

This is great! It was mentioned on the WBZ newscast here in Boston a few days ago...even though they called it a '33!

 

"We got a long way to go, and a short time to get there" (quoting Jerry Reed). Go to Dave's website 49in7.com and make a donation! Go Dsve!!

 

Holy crap !! I have driven the area he is in several times and he still has to get to Northern Washington state. Then he has to get to where I live and go
west 8 hours driving time and then get in a lineup to drive thru the flooded temporary repaired area with pilot vehicles. Whew !!!!!!

More balls than me !

 

Day 6 Progress Report

Dave crossed the Utah / Idaho border @ ~4:45pm MDT ... and he just crossed the Idaho / Oregon border @ ~8:20pm PDT:

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Go, Dave. Go!

 

Day 6 Progress Report

Dave crossed the Oregon / Washington border @ 11:49pm PDT:

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... so he completed the "Lower 48" in 6 Days, 2 Hours & 49 Minutes!

Go, Dave. Go!

 

Day 6

Blog & pics can be viewed HERE.

6 more States:

.....43) California
.....44) Nevada
.....45) Utah
.....46) Idaho
.....47) Oregon
.....48) Washington



NOTE: You can track Dave's progress via the "49in7.com - Live Tracking!" webpage ... just click the SPOT logo below:

 

somebody said they saw him wearing a brite outfit with a big s on the chest!!! dave you are the man! incredible!!!

 

4:19 am and he's approx 2 hours out from passing me. I hope he doesn't get hung up too much on Snoqualmie Pass with the construction. I think the biggest probs are EAST bound. Looks like he spent the night in Tri Cities and isn't tracking yet. GO DAVE !

 

It's 4:50 am here now and he's still not tracking from Tri Cities. Unless it broke, I don't see him pulling it off. Mapquest shows 1175 miles and almost 24 hrs. But what does mapquest know. Either way, gonna be brutal !!


Update : 5:30 am. He's on the move ............. GO DAVE !!