June 17 – Coldwater, MI to South Bend, IN (79 Miles)

Greetings from Chesterton

Good afternoon and greetings from Chesterton, IN. 19 1/2 days down and hard to believe only 1 1/2 to go 🙂

DHR traveled 79 miles yesterday for a total of 1,273 miles since leaving Boston.

Yesterday started out with a police escort by the Coldwater police. It was a bright sunny day and a forecast for temperatures in the mind 80’s.

Great Dads!

We met and honored some extraordinary dads again yesterday, with Great Dad Coins, including firefighters in Sturgis and White Plains and police officers in three different communities.

Gary (Big Brother) Grube was nice enough to host dinner at the iconic Tippecanoe (formerly known as the Studebaker) Restaurant.

I did have an incident after dinner that was diagnosed by phone by my physician Greg Ewert (and confirmed at Memorial Hospital) with a condition known as Benign Vertigo, most likely caused by an inner ear infection. All seams to be okay now.

Please Donate

Since it’s too late to order a Father’s Day gift online, please consider making a donation in honor (or memory) of your dad. Please do so today by clicking here: http://tinyurl.com/gnfbry6

Here are some other ways you can support the cause of greater father involvement:

1) There is a 2 for 1 special on Great Dad Coins (www.teamdad.com), and

2) purchase a copy of my new book entitled 21st Century Dads: A Father’s Journey To Break The Cycle Of Father Absence, available on Amazon. As a reminder, all the proceeds go to charity.

Also, for anyone who donates $100 or more, I will send you an autographed copy of my book.

We’re off to Hammond today.

Make it a great day and best wishes for a Happy Father’s Day weekend!!!

David

With Jeff, Mariam, Maria and Grant Ehrardt from Cleveland.

With police officers in South Bend.

With police escort entering South Bend.

With Sgt. Wayne Bias, his three kids Trenton, Sydny and Taylor and the famous Elk in Elkhart, IN.

With Assistant Chief Tyler Royce.

Briana has officially been “tattooed” as a biker chick.

Ryan repaired four flats yesterday.

With Sturgis firefighter dads; Bruce Hanker and Joel Hohn.

Bronson is a sister city with Moryn in Poland.

In Bronson with officer Deputy Chief Brad McConn.

One of many selfies at a stop light.

Ryan topping off Kevin’s tires before setting off for the day.

With Coldwater officer before getting an escort out of town.

Gary, Wilk and Derak fueling up before heading out.

After being treated by Dr. Joe D.Haeners at Memorial Hospital (at 4am) and presenting this father of four with a Great Dad Coin.