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Water Warriors Mackinac
Run Continued from Page 8 getting
a hero's welcome from the Special
Olympics’ athletes, their coaches, and
families. Giving rides to the athletes
is a highlight. At several of our stops,
we idle them around within the harbor.
Some athletes ride with their coaches
from one stop to the next on our sup-
port boats...some have never before
been on a boat. Another exciting mo-
ment was the Coast Guard fly over we
received just outside of Presque Isle.
It was planned by Coast Guard Group
Traverse
City and
a nice
tribute to
the hand-
ful of vet-
erans we
have on
the ride.
They
circled us
several times waving with us waving back.
Each town we stop in is very different. want to raise money for this event, you may
The towns are very supportive, with many
donating meals as we came in. Hotels are
pre-arranged with our
land support transport-
ing all the riders at the
end of each day.
The last day of the
trip was bittersweet.
We were all very ex-
cited and felt a huge
sense of pride & ac-
complishment. Tired
and with weathered faces we entered our also in need of recruiting more boat sup-
final stop at Brown's on Harsen's Island port, spotters, and land support crew. We
to the cheers of waiting family & friends. certainly could not do this ride without our
After a week of friendships, bonds, laughs, support crews. Our boat captains donate
Fireworks Along the Water
New Baltimore - Anchor Bay
Marysville - St. Clair River
Mt. Clemens-Clinton River Downtown June 28
Lake St. Clair Metropark
Belle Maer/MacRay - Anchor Bay
St. Clair - St. Clair River
Algonac - St. Clair River
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Water Warriors & Support Team
coming off their four day ride on Lake Huron
and smiles with our fellow Warriors their fuel expense... We have a whole fleet
and with the Special Olympics ath-
letes, we also had the feeling of dys-
phoria that the ride had once again
come to an end ...... but we all said
"We will be back next year!"
A personal message to the Lake
St. Clair Guide readers from Ann....
“Want to participate but not actually •Riders must be 18+ years old
ride on a PWC? You can be involved
in Mackinaw Water Warriors Ride in
many ways. Not only by recruiting
new riders for future rides, but also if you
have 'Rider Status' and have a spot to ride
on a support boat the whole way. We are
The group loosens up with fun hats once
into Port Huron
June 20
June 21
July 1
July 4
July 4
July 5
of trucks & trailers, a luggage trailer, &
mechanic's trailer... Our land support crew
works really hard the entire week waiting
at every single stop to help fuel the PWC's,
pass out water & snacks and do whatever
else is needed... The teamwork that goes
into this ride is phenomenal. Every single
person that goes on the ride plays an im-
portant part in the safety and success of the
ride. We welcome anyone who would like
to be involved! There were several new
members for the last ride, and all felt wel-
comed and had a blast!”
Entrance qualifications:
•1st year rider fund raising goal of $1,500
and you have one year to raise
the donation. The $1,500 can
be generated in many ways.
Some riders solicit funds
through their business associ-
ates, others have pig roasts,
spaghetti dinners, golf tourna-
ments, bingo's, steak outs, etc
•The Water Warriors are re-
sponsible for paying their own
expenses on the trip.
•2013 RIDE: July 29-Au-
gust 2 Contact Ann Plegue (810)499-
9508 or waterwarriors.mackinawride@
gmail.com if you'd like to ride or partici-
pate in any way.
Fun way to get to your
island house on the
North Channel!