6/28 Teresa dinner date

Had a lovely dinner with Charmane Truesdell (Karan Hofmann's Mom). We had delicious crab cakes at Timbuktu, and she was such a delight!--TAC

Best of all, we met our mission by exposing 100's of pilots and FBOs to the noble cause of Wings of Hope. We met people who want to help through volunteering. We also planted the seeds with many to consider donating their aircraft to WOH once they are done flying them. It is our hope that the impact of this flight continues for years to come. May many disadvantaged peoples' lives be touched with the WOH gift. --TAC

Well, I found a hotspot at a local McDonalds near Baltimore and am just relaxing reading everyone's blogs from the race. I also reserved a nice little room at a local Microtel. Bev and I had a good experience at the one near Parkersburg.

I got a call from Ms. Truesdell (Karan's Mom) and we made plans to meet for dinner for crab cakes tonight. Yum.

I must say this has been quite an adventure! We flew without mistakes so we showed well in the standings as 16th. I continue to learn and I have dozens more ideas how to get even more performance out of that sweet "Meme" (Bev's N267ME C-182). So if I ever race again, who knows?

For those loyal readers, thank you for caring and watching our exploits. I know some of my posts have been cryptic, but I tried to be prompt. And between all the duties of ground crew & bio functions I was proud to give you blow by blow bits of our adventure as they happened. --TAC

Happy 85th birthday celebration to Bev's mom, Bernice Gliege! We had indeed an amazing race. We feel extremely blessed to have been in the top 4 on 3 of the 8 legs among so many very talented women. Hopefully we have raised some awareness and funds for Wings of Hope. Thanks to all who made this possible. I had the best teammate and a wonderful journey.---BJC

Checked out of the hotel in Frederick. Good thing, too! We rammed the elevator on the 5th floor with the baggage cart trying to stop it from closing and ended up breaking the elevator!

The drive to BWI wasn't too bad. I dropped Bev off at the airport so she can catch her flight out to Chicago to celebrate her Mom's birthday. I'll pick her up tomorrow.

I'm out cruising around scoping out the Baltimore area. --TAC