We did a similar ride ("The soldier ride") for the Wounded Warrior Foundation on Labor Day. While it actually started just 3.5 miles from my house and the route was a combination of all of my little local rides for a total of 30 miles, it was cool to have police at all of the intersections where you never know what cars are going to do. The group of wounded vets rode with us for the first 10 miles, on some very fancy and cool hand cycles. There were also some vets riding regular bikes adapted for amputees; more than one of them dropped me near the end of the ride.