Day of Trip Date Locations, trip notes Post-trip April 8, 2008 Life happens! Ray crashes his motorcycle in Baja, breaks his neck...and gets...a halo (NO!...not that kind) Then, 3 months later...it happens again? Read details and view image. Post-trip Fri. May 6, 2005 Tanya Tucker! Ray and Karen take in her concert when she visits Reno. Tanya wants to ride in All50! Read details and view images. Post-trip Mon., April 25, 2005 2nd Anniversary: start of All 50 Road Trip! Ray reminisces on his journey, contemplates a new summer road trip and gets the All 50 logo tattooed on his arm! Read details and view images in this journal entry. Post-trip Tues. July 13, 2004 Ray & Z06 participated in 33rd Annual Black Hills Corvette Classic in Spearfish, So. Dakota. Read details and view images in this journal entry. Post-trip Summer 2004 “Corvette Quarterly” magazine features Ray in it’s summer issue. Click on cover image to read the article: “Touching Them All.” (Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free software download, is required to view. Download it here.) Post-trip Sat., May 22, 2004 Classic Chevy's of San Diego invited Ray to join them for a car show at Bob Stall Chevrolet in San Diego. Read details and view images in this journal entry. C5 Bash 2004 Mon., April 24 - Fri., April 30, 2004 Ray heads home from Bowling Green after enjoying the 2004 C5 Birthday Bash. Heading back to San Diego is a heckuva drive. Read details and view images in this journal entry. C5 Bash 2004 Sat., April 24, 2004 Day trip to Mammoth Caves with Denny & Chris. Tire woes befall ALL 50. More Corvette activities in Bowling Green & C5 Banquet Birthday Banquet. Read details and view images in this journal entry. C5 Bash 2004 Fri., April 23, 2004 Bowling Green, KY.. C5 Birthday Bash activities at the National Corvette Museum. The new C6 Corvette unveiled! So is an ALL 50 commemorative brick. Read details and view images in this journal entry. C5 Bash 2004 Thurs. April 22, 2004 Memphis, TN. to Bowling Green, KY.. Z06 serviced at Chuck Hutton Chevrolet in Memphis. Meeting Karen in Nashville today. Storms continue to accompany Ray through Tennessee. Read details and view images in this journal entry. C5 Bash 2004 Wed. April 21, 2004 Stroud, OK. to Memphis, TN. today. Storms continue to be a part of this trip. Tulsa, OK. A scenic drive through the Ozark Mountains. Weather and cool old buildings on a country drive through Arkansas. Read details and view images in this journal entry. C5 Bash 2004 Tues. April 20, 2004 Las Vegas, NM. to Stroud, OK. today. Oklahoma City. ALL 50 Z06 turns 30,000 miles! entering Texas. Nasty storms greet Ray in Oklahoma (Thunderstorsm, hail and a TORNADO!). Read details and view images in this journal entry. C5 Bash 2004 Mon. April 19, 2004 Holbrook, AZ. to Las Vegas (New Mexico) today. Petrified National Forest. Albuquerque, NM. Fort Defiance. Window Rock. Gallup, NM. Santa Fe., NM. Read details and view images in this journal entry. C5 Bash 2004 Sun. April 18, 2004 On the Road Again! After a bowl of Mom’s oatmeal, Ray departs San Diego for the C5 Birthday Bash in Bowling Green. San Diego to Holbrook, AZ. today. Visit with Dad in Borrego Springs. Salton Sea. Phoenix, AZ. Meeting up with Larry, Verna & their '77 Vette.Read details and view images in this journal entry. C5 Bash 2004 Thurs., April 1, 2003 April Fools! On the Road Again! (No Joke) Ray and the All 50 ZO6 will be heading for Bowling Green (home of the Corvette plant & National Corvette Museum) for the C5 Birthday Bash on April 22-25, 2004. Click here to read Ray’s letter for details. (Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free software download, is required to view. Download it here.) Post-trip Sun., Nov. 16, 2003 Fargo, N.Dakota’s “The Forum,” Ray’s hometown newspaper (Ray grew up in Moorhead, MN, across the river from Fargo), features All 50. Click on thumbnail image to read the article: “Cross-country Corvette.”  (Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free software download, is required to view. Download it here.) Post-trip November 2003 “America’s Sports Car” magazine (published by Nat’l Corvette Museum) features All 50 on its cover. Click on cover image to read the article: “All American Road Trip.” (Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free software download, is required to view. Download it here.) Post-trip Fall 2003 “Corvette Quarterly” magazine features Ray in it’s issue on the 50th Anniv. Celebration. Click on cover image to read the article: “Fantastic Fifty.” (Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free software download, is required to view. Download it here.) Post-trip CONCLUSION ENTRY! Wed., Sept. 3, 2003 Ray puts together a “conclusion” journal entry, illustrated with images from the trip’s finale, his 50th Birthday, the trip home and some of what’s been occupying him since. Read details and view images in this journal entry. Post-trip Wed., July 16, 2003 Ray comes home (finally). The (unofficial) last leg of the journey was the drive down the California coast. Ray met webmaster Edward in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon for the ride down highways 1 & 101...incredibly scenic. No journal or images. Post-trip Mon., July 7, 2003 Ray’s 50th Birthday! NOW, it can be said that ALL 50 is truly over! Ray turns 50 at his mom’s home in Perham, Minnesota. Karen, his fiancé, who met him in Indianapolis the day before the trip’s end and daughter Amanda who flew out from San Diego are with him along with other family and friends. No journal or images. Post-trip Fri., June 27, 2003 thru Mon., June 30, 3003 Ray and Karen spend the weekend enjoying the Corvette Anniversary festivities in Nashville, Tennessee. On Monday, everyone returns to the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY. for the official Corvette Birthday. Read details and view images in this weekend’s journal entry. Day 63 Thurs., June 26, 2003 RAY’S DONE IT!! THE ROAD TRIP IS OFFICIALLY OVER!! Today, Ray, his fiancé Karen and the trusty ALL 50 ZO6 (which has performed its duties like a champ), met an ocean of Corvettes at the Indianapolis Speedway for a ceremonial lap of the legendary “Brickyard,” the start of the “Indiana Caravan,” a 1000-Corvette convoy to The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This afternoon, at 4:21pm EST, Ray pulled up to ALL 50’s starting point, The National Corvette Museum, officially “closing the loop” and ending his journey. Odometer: 22,796 miles!. Next, it’s on to Nashville for several days of Corvette celebrations and events, back to Bowling Green on Monday, June 30th for the OFFICIAL 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CORVETTE!! (Ray wants to thank all of you for following along and supporting his adventure!) Keep checking back, we’ll have more news to come from the celebration AND the trip home to San Diego! No journal yet for today yet...Ray’ll get them sent it in soon, he hopes. He has, however, sent along some images this morning...see them here. Day 62 Wed., June 25, 2003 Ann Arbor, Michigan to Indianapolis, Indiana. STATE 50 TODAY! Michigan Capitol in Lansing. Fort Wayne, MI. Indiana State Line...that’s “ALL 50”! Visits to ALL 50’s 50th State Capitol, Indianapolis, Indiana including a brief stop at the Indianapolis (“Indy”) Speedway...”the Brickyard.” Karen, Ray’s fiancé’ flew in to join in the last leg of the trip.Tomorrow, Ray’s joining the “Indiana [Corvette] Caravan” at the speedway and “convoying” back to the National Corvette Museum at Bowling Green, Kentucky for the official finale’ and odometer reading! Read details and view images in today’s journal entry. Day 61 Tues., June 24, 2003 STATE 49 TODAY! Getting sooo close! Dayton, Ohio to Ann Arbor, Michigan. Air Force Museum, Dayton. Columbus, OH. (Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame) A brief visit to Gen’l Motors’s Global HQ (will GM finally notice ALL 50?) Michigan State. Read details and view images in today’s journal entry. Day 60 Mon., June 23, 2003 Clarksburg, West Virginia to Dayton, Ohio. A scenic drive through the back-country of W. Virginia. Charleston, WV. The Ohio River. Read details and view images in today’s journal entry. Day 59 Sun., June 22, 2003 Niagara Falls, New York to Clarksburg, West Virginia. NIAGARA FALLS and CANADA today! Daughter Amanda’s plane leaves Buffalo this a.m., but there’s time to spend a little time at the great falls and take a little walk into Canada. Lake Erie in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, PA. Read details and view images in today’s journal entry. Day 58 Sat., June 21, 2003 Plattsburg, New Hampshire to Niagara Falls, New York. Ray and Amanda pay a visit to Santa’s Workshop in the North Pole (that’s North Pole, New Hampshire, of course). A beautiful drive through the scenic Adirondack Mtns. Lake Placid and the Olympic Village. State capitol in Albany, NY. Read details and view images in today’s journal entry. Day 57 Fri., June 20, 2003 RAY AND ALL 50 HIT THE 20,000 MILE MARK TODAY! Skowhagen, Maine to Plattsburg, New York. Ray, with daughter Amanda still riding along arrived in MEXICO today! (er...Mexico, Maine, that is) Errol, NH. The Dixville Notch. The Balsams. Montpelier, capitol of Vermont (state #45...getting close now!) Another ferry ride...this time on Lake Champlain. Read details and view images in today’s journal entry. Day 56 Thurs., June 19, 2003 Manchester, New Hampshire to Skowhegan, Maine. FIRE! in the motel to start the day (all’s well). Ray and daughter Amanda (tagging along) are rousted out of bed by the fire alarm. A little detour to visit Pres. Bush’s retreat in Kennybunkport, Maine. Read details and view images in today’s journal entry. Day 55 Wed., June 18, 2003 New London, Connecticut to Manchester, New Hampshire. Plymouth, Massachusetts (Plymouth Rock, The Mayflower II) Boston, Massachusetts. Ray’s daughter Amanda joins the road trip in New Hampshire for a few days ride-along. Read details and view images in today’s journal entry. Day 54 Tues., June 17, 2003 Princeton, New Jersey to New London, Connecticut. ”THE BIG APPLE” TODAY! New York City (Holland & Lincoln Tunnels, “Ground Zero”/WTC Site, Wall Street, The Brooklyn Bridge, Empire State Bldg., Long Island). (Yet another) ferry ride to Bridgeport, Connecticut. Quick visit to Colt Firearms Manufacturing in Hartford, CT.. Read details and view images in today’s journal entry. Day 53 Mon., June 16, 2003 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Princeton, New Jersey. Delaware (Dover Downs, Lewes...”The First Town in the First State.”). A chilly, rough ferry ride to Cape May, New Jersey. NEW YORK CITY TOMORROW! Read details and view images in today’s journal entry. Day 52 Sun., June 15, 2003 HAPPY FATHER’S DAY! Pocomoke, Maryland to Philadelphia, PA. Visit to Maryland State Capitol (US’s 1st capitol) and the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. Washington, D.C.! (White House, Washington Monument, US Capitol). Shipyards in Baltimore, MD. Riverwalk in Harrisburg, PA. Valley Forge Nat’l Historical Park, Pennsylvania. Read details and view images in today’s journal entry. Day 51 Sat., June 14, 2003 Wytheville, Virginia to Pocomoke, Maryland. D-Day Memorial on Rte 460, “116th Infantry Memorial Highway” in Bedford, VA. Roanoke, VA. Richmond, VA. Chesapeake Bay. Read details and view images in today’s journal entry. Day 50 Fri., June 13, 2003