Jim Clarahan
Ride 4 Dray 2020 Results
Mission Papa's Ride 4 Dray 2020 was our initial campaign with two mission objectives: 1. Awareness building and 2. Raising funds! A true...
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Jim Clarahan
- Oct 3, 2020
- 6 min
Sunshine, Sand and Sally! (Week 6+ of the R4D)
Jacksonville to Marco Island via Miami Beach and several RSM office stops in between The Sunshine State gave a warm embrace with my first...
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Jim Clarahan
- Sep 24, 2020
- 5 min
East bound and down - NYC to Sea Island
"loaded up and truckin', a' we gonna do what they say can't be done, we've got a long way to go and a short time to get there, I'm east...
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Jim Clarahan
- Sep 19, 2020
- 1 min
Do you remember September?
"Ba de ya - say do you remember?" How could anyone forget Earth Wind & Fire's 1978 boogie woogie wonderland hit that is never tiresome...
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Jim Clarahan
- Sep 10, 2020
- 5 min
The Empire State - New England Loop
The Empire State provided the bookends of my journey thru the northeast U.S., starting with Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and ending with...
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Jim Clarahan
- Sep 1, 2020
- 3 min
So close and yet so far, Oh Canada Eh!
Visiting RSM's Toronto office was originally a top priority for my ride - yet another COVID casualty. The border control authorities did...
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Jim Clarahan
- Aug 26, 2020
- 2 min
Hang on Sloopy!
Week 2 - Days 11, 12, 13 ... Ohio flew by in a flurry. Powered by Cincinnati's famous Skyline Chili, Tony Packos 3-way, and Cleveland...
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Jim Clarahan
- Aug 18, 2020
- 2 min
Evansville is Heaven's ville
Day 10 started with a red carpet welcome by my dear friends and colleagues at Harding Shymanski & Co. Very fond memories of working with...
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Jim Clarahan
- Aug 16, 2020
- 1 min
Go Pack Go!!!
The fun and enthusiastic jingle bellowed by Packer fans the world over, appropriately applies to how to efficiently pack the bike for...
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Jim Clarahan
- Aug 16, 2020
- 2 min
Day of the Derecho
It seems like yesterday, But it was a week ago, Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then...the day of the dreaded Derecho. Day 9, 5...
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Jim Clarahan
- Aug 16, 2020
- 2 min
Windy City and eastward
Week 2 - Day 8, Sunday Aug 9, started from just outside of Schaumburg, IL, the day before the dreaded Derecho devastated much of the...
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Jim Clarahan
- Aug 12, 2020
- 2 min
"On a long lonesome highway, East of Omaha,
...you can listen to the engine...Here I am, On the road again ... Here I go, Turn the page." Wheels up out of Dan & Karla's with...
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Jim Clarahan
- Aug 11, 2020
- 3 min
Legends of Lambeau
Lambeau Field ranks near the top of my list of all time favorite places and best memories - the Ride 4 Dray would be incomplete without a...
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Jim Clarahan
- Aug 10, 2020
- 2 min
A salute to our Armed Services - active and veterans
Each day is filled with so much new info to digest, document and then replay in this blog. I am committed to keep this updated, but...
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Jim Clarahan
- Aug 9, 2020
- 1 min
Port Washington, home of Fish Day - the World's Largest One Day Fish Fry!
Port is a beautiful little town nestled on the shores of Lake Michigan about 30 miles north of Milwaukee. An idyllic location where I...
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Jim Clarahan
- Aug 8, 2020
- 1 min
Mama, I'm coming home
"Times have changed and times are strange Here I come, but I ain't the same Mama, I'm coming home..." Rerouted my ride for Day 5. Rather...
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Jim Clarahan
- Aug 8, 2020
- 2 min
The Big Muddy - Minneapolis to Dubuque
Day 4, the ride from Minneapolis to Dubuque along the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, 331 miles when all said and done. It...
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Jim Clarahan
- Aug 7, 2020
- 1 min
Pacesetters - the RSM Alliance team
Nearly half of my career with RSM has been devoted to helping create and build the RSM Alliance. Today the Alliance consists of a great...
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Jim Clarahan
- Aug 7, 2020
- 2 min
It's all Doug's fault
As in Doug Opheim, RSM's fearless CFO. A brief side trip down memory lane to August 2002. Doug hosted a Friday happy hour for me at...
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Jim Clarahan
- Aug 6, 2020
- 2 min
23 one of the GOATs
Two guesses to my R4D blog followers, only one guess if your from Chicago (that's a clue for everyone else) Days 2 3 in a nutshell Day 2...
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