DreamRider is a non-fiction book
about the author, Larry Harcum, who traveled 5,805 miles in 87 days on
a jet ski over the waterway know as The Great Loop. The Loop is the waterway
route that circumnavigates the Eastern Portion of the United
States. One can access The Great Loop at any point. Larry started
at Virginia Beach, Virginia. From his starting point he traveled up the
Atlantic Coast, past New York City, and then onto the Hudson River, through
the Erie Canal (west), out into Lake Erie, into Lake Huron, around
Michigan, and into Lake Michigan, following the Illinois River from
Chicago into the Upper Mississippi. Then Larry took the Tennessee River
and Tombigbee River to Mobile, Alabama which dropped Larry into the Gulf
of Mexico. Then he would hang a left (east) and head for the Florida
Panhandle and down the west coast of Florida until he hit Key West;
making the turn at Key West and head back up the East Coast and ending
at the starting point Virginia Beach. Yes 5,805 miles!
The paperback book has 240 pages and 51 great pictures. This book was written to
chronicle the events, times and places that one may encounter during the
adventure of a lifetime on The Great Loop. If you like adventure,
dreams come true, real life action and great humor this may be the book
for you. It was the dream for him.
