Bus Rides

Day 3 of the ride, from Wilmington, Delaware to Annapolis, Maryland, starts and ends with a ride on the bus.  Not the sag wagon kind though.  The hotels are spread out by several miles in Wilmington, so those of us staying furthest out are bussed to a cluster of hotels where we start the days ride.

Wilmington Police Department came out in force, lining the streets with people and vehicles as we rode through town.

We rode past the New Castle County Police Headquarters, where members of their department lined the road.  Some of us were riding to honor their Lt. Joseph Szczerba, who was fatally stabbed on September 16th, 2011.

 Crossing into Maryland, we stopped for a break at the David Lokey Center, a day center for developmentally disabled adults.  We've been stopping there for 6 years now.  They do great work there and the clients make banners to great us every year.  After leaving the David Lokey Center, we start our traverse of Maryland's eastern shore.  The countryside is beautiful, but it can get windy....
and it did, but not like in year's past.  There was some tough riding, but not too many people ended up in the sag wagon.

After a great lunch on the lawn of the Galena, MD fire department, we headed off into the wind.  We rode through the small town of Centreville.  Their Police Department lost Michael Scott Nickerson on February 13, 2001 when he and Queen Anne's County Sheriff Deputy Jason Schwenz were shot and killed responding to a noise complaint.  The Nickerson Memorial Garden is in front of the Police Department and makes for an appropriate place to play taps for the riders as they roll by.

After another break and some more riding, it's back on a bus to be taken over the Chesapeake and into Annapolis for the night.