Alaska Grand Chapter

Transcontinental Challenge Ride
Rules
2011
Challengers
2009 Challengers
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CHALLENGE
RULES
Alaska Grand Chapter Riders must begin their ride in any Alaska Community,
Bellingham WA, or Prince Rupert, B.C.
and travel via motorcycle to any east coast community or coastal highway
along
the Atlantic Ocean,
or to any gulf coast community or coastal highway along the Gulf of Mexico.
Successful Challengers will receive a patch
denoting them as a Transcontinental Rider.
The Alaska Grand Chapter Transcontinental Challenge is open to
any Widows Son member in other jurisdictions who can
show proof
(photograph and receipt*) of riding from or to an Alaska community and an
Eastern seaboard or Gulf coast community.
*(photograph must show the Widows Son member, bike, and identified landmark
or sign; receipt must be dated and show purchase in
Alaska community where photograph was taken).
SUCCESSFUL 2011
Challengers
"Vapor Rider" Claude Roberts
Juneau, Alaska
Prince Rupert, B.C. ----> Old Orchard Beach,
Maine ---->
Prince Rupert, B.C.
"Cat Herder" Jeff DeFreest
Ketchikan, Alaska
Prince Rupert, B.C. ----> Old Orchard Beach, Maine ---->
Bellingham, Washington
"Pigboy" John Barnett
Douglas, Alaska
Bellingham, Washington ----> Portland, Maine ---->
Prince Rupert, B.C.
SUCCESSFUL 2009 Challengers
Keith Herve
Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska ----> Florida ---->
Fairbanks, Alaska
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Challengers Gallery

Alaska Widows Son Jeff "Cat Herder" DeFreest
dipping his tire in the Atlantic in
Old Orchard Beach Maine in September 2011, riding a 2010 Harley Davidson Road
King

Alaska Widows Son Claude "Vapor Rider" Roberts
dipping his tire in the Atlantic in
Old Orchard Beach Maine in September 2011, riding a 2009 Honda Shadow
Alaska Widows Son Jeff "Cat Herder" DeFreest and Claude "Vapor Rider"
Roberts posing on the
Atlantic in Old Orchard Beach Maine in September 2011

Alaska Widows Son John "Pigboy" Barnett at Portland
Head Lighthouse, Portland Maine in
September 2011, riding a 2011 Victory Cross-Country