on the phone a former u.s. marine captain the organizer of the warrior ride. a guy who has a couple of purple hearts himself. david, how are you doing two days into this thing? >> we're doing pretty well, sir. we're 100 miles outside of flagstaff, arizona, now, heading towards our end point which will be outside of durango, colorado. everybody is pretty motivated and doing well. jon: eight days to do 3200 miles, do i have that right? >> you do. you do. we've got 12 riders and, four support crew, including one of our medics that we actually served in fallujah with, doc worley, who has been an unbelievable guy. so we've got a great team and we're breaking down the miles and getting it done together. jon: you started this thing a few years ago, i know riding from the iwo jima memorial in virginia all the way to ground zero in new york city. that is a couple of hundred miles. what made you decide to take this thing across-country?