{"id":1407,"date":"2013-08-24T22:13:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T05:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cancerrideamerica.org\/blog\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2013-08-25T22:57:46","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T05:57:46","slug":"cancer-ride-america-royal-police-escort-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cancerrideamerica.org\/blog\/cancer-ride-america-royal-police-escort-2","title":{"rendered":"CANCER RIDE AMERICA GETS A ROYAL WELCOME AND A POLICE ESCORT!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dateline Priest River City, Idaho: To begin with, let me say that it is wonderful to be back in the mountains. The sun, the pine \u2013 scented air, the hills, the dense forests, and of course the fantastic curvy riding roads make for a great day on the \u2018Wing with mom. We rode from Minot, ND into East Glacier, Montana and what a change! From miles long of straight stretches where you can see the horizon to rolling hills and at last into the forest of Glacier. Magnificent!<\/p>\n

From there Yours Truly and passenger headed on over into Idaho and eventually into Priest River, where we received a royal reception, arranged by Bob McQueen and his lovely wife Jerie.<\/p>\n

Now a little history about Bob and I. As a rookie Tukwila police officer (my first agency) he was my Sergeant (later to be my Assistant Chief) and we did stuff \u201cold school\u201d. No formal training (Field Training Officer) stuff, but more of a \u201cride with that guy, keep your mouth shut, do what he says, and don\u2019t get into trouble\u201d. Other than a three month academy and my senior Officers, that was my basic cop training. And Bob, being my supervisor, was in charge of keeping me out of trouble! Sometimes it even worked\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n

~Mom & Bob on the “Wing~<\/p>\n

\"PENTAX<\/a><\/p>\n

When Your Intrepid Cancer Cure Rider and Mission Control started planning Cancer Ride America we sought input from a lot of people, Bob and Jerie included. From that moment on they were faithful supporters of the ride, as well as having always been good friends. So when it became apparent that America\u2019s Perimeter Tour\u2019s route would take me right through Priest River, Bob was excited. Turns out they have a summer home there, and they would be in residence. We were invited to stay with them while in town, albeit just one night.<\/p>\n

Bob arranged this police escort that took us to the Priest River Times Weekly newspaper. The paper had done an article last week about our pending arrival (http:\/\/www.priestrivertimes.com\/breaking_news\/article_57173780-0a90-11e3-b394-001a4bcf887a.html<\/a> ) authored by Nick Ivie.\u00a0\u00a0 Bob, mom and I were joined for the ride in to town by a lovely couple on a motorcycle with a side car. We all arrived in the paper’s parking lot to cheers, applause, and hugs. Once again Yours Truly was overwhelmed. You see, as with Statesboro GA, I\u2019ve explained that I\u2019ve been involved in the escorting or security of every President since Ronald Reagan. I have to tell you that to be on the receiving end of such a privilege is truly heartwarming. Thank you Bob for arranging it, thank you Officer Mike Gagnon for the fantastic run into town, and thank you Priest River Times for a fantastic reception.<\/p>\n

~Escort into town~<\/p>\n