Sea 2 Shining Sea Ride
Sea 2 Shining Sea is a yearlong virtual ride on Icelandic Horses. This 2,400 mile ‘ride’ follows the historical Route 66 from Chicago, IL to Santa Monica, CA. The ride begins on January 8, 2023 ending December 31, 2023. Each checkpoint will count for 150 miles or about 38 hours of riding. (Actual distances between locations may be slightly more or less than 200 miles)
Riders can participate as individuals or in teams. All participants must be USIHC members throughout the ride to log their hours. Participants log their time riding which is converted to distance at 4 miles-per-hour. If you are riding as part of a team you should log your individual time. The website credits your rides to the team you joined. Teams may have up to six riders.
Horses used in the ride must be Icelandic horses, either fully registered or having obtained a participation number from USIHC after being DNA verified. Registered horses do not have to be registered in the United States, any FEIF member country’s registry or WorldFengur is acceptable.
Prior to participating in the ride, please review the 2023 Sea 2 Shining Sea Rules.
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S2SS Progress
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Teams Leaderboard
1
Síglaðir Tölters
1,407.40
2
Merrimack Valley Icelandics
1,095.00
3
Ice Trekkers
1,092.00
4
West Coast Tolting Girls
1,012.48
5
Hestafolk Central
820.44
6
Northcountry Tolters
794.00
7
Arctic Alaska Riders
762.12
8
AIHA
659.12
9
Topper
553.12
10
Merry Mares of Maryland
514.80
11
Tolt-A-Holics
476.80
12
Hestafolk North
466.00
13
Solfaxi
344.00
14
Sirius Tolting Trekkers
246.00
15
Hestafolk South
178.00
16
Ice Riders
82.44
17
Tolting Trailblazers
56.00
18
Cascade
35.00
Individual Leaderboard
1
Claudia Salzer (Ice Trekkers)
480.00
2
Kim Freeman (Síglaðir Tölters)
374.00
3
Scott Smith (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
362.00
4
Raven Flores (Ice Trekkers)
352.00
5
Lynda Zur (Individual)
340.00
6
Iris Heidberg (Síglaðir Tölters)
334.00
7
Zo Zinke-Haschemeyer
324.00
8
Lauren Murphy (Hestafolk Central)
304.32
9
Anna Bella Covert (West Coast Tolting Girls)
289.68
10
Evelyn Kaufman (West Coast Tolting Girls)
282.00
Show/Hide Full Standings
11
Daniel Coverdell (Arctic Alaska Riders)
281.92
12
Doreen Shoda (Hestafolk Central)
276.00
13
Serenity Perigo (Hestafolk North)
272.00
14
Cynthia Niebuhr (Topper)
270.72
15
Colleen Schumacher (Síglaðir Tölters)
265.60
16
Shelby Walker (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
255.00
17
Martina Gates (Northcountry Tolters)
244.00
18
Ron Hoover (Tolt-A-Holics)
244.00
19
Claudia Sihler (AIHA)
225.68
20
Sandie Weaver (Ice Trekkers)
224.00
21
Pierre Lessard (Individual)
221.00
22
Susan Gibbons (Individual)
212.92
23
Emelia Stewart (West Coast Tolting Girls)
200.80
24
Lin M Campbell (Síglaðir Tölters)
199.80
25
Susan Matheke (Individual)
189.60
26
Isabella Cordes (Síglaðir Tölters)
188.00
27
Brigit Huwyler (Northcountry Tolters)
188.00
28
Leah Greenberger (Northcountry Tolters)
186.00
29
Annika Gunnarson (West Coast Tolting Girls)
184.00
30
Nancy Radebaugh (Tolt-A-Holics)
180.00
31
Heather Skopik (Solfaxi)
176.00
32
VALERIE MOORE (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
168.00
33
Christine Snyder (Solfaxi)
168.00
34
RJ West (Hestafolk Central)
166.00
35
Patricia Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
158.00
36
Sue Roska (Individual)
156.00
37
Terri Mielke (AIHA)
148.00
38
Janet Mulder (AIHA)
147.60
39
Mary Sackinger (Arctic Alaska Riders)
144.00
40
Judy Skogen (Hestafolk South)
143.00
41
Hailey Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
140.00
42
Jana L. Strait (Topper)
136.40
43
Brenda Richard (Arctic Alaska Riders)
136.00
44
Frank Sihler (AIHA)
135.00
45
Brynja Meehan (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
128.00
46
AMY KEELER (Individual)
125.12
47
Cynthia Tolbert (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
106.00
48
Theresa Harmon (Arctic Alaska Riders)
101.20
49
Samantha Tuttlebee (Northcountry Tolters)
100.00
50
Misty Bohnert (Arctic Alaska Riders)
99.00
51
Marjorie Lewis (Merry Mares of Maryland)
98.80
52
Mary Chamberlin (Hestafolk North)
96.00
53
Melanie Ku (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
87.00
54
Shellie Greyhavens (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
84.00
55
Marisa Shaw (Individual)
80.00
56
Elizabeth Foster (Topper)
78.00
57
Kathryn L Kalan (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
76.00
58
Sandra Solberg (Hestafolk Central)
74.12
59
Leah Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
72.00
60
Linda Eddy (Individual)
72.00
61
Lisa Blumhagen (Topper)
64.00
62
Jo Ann Trostle (Ice Riders)
60.00
63
Sarah Wood (Tolting Trailblazers)
56.00
64
Louisa Stewart (West Coast Tolting Girls)
56.00
65
Lisa McKeen (Hestafolk North)
56.00
66
Ona Kwiatkowski (Northcountry Tolters)
48.00
67
Kristina Behringer (Síglaðir Tölters)
46.00
68
Claire Wolfe (Merry Mares of Maryland)
46.00
69
Laura Stautberg Glaza (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
39.00
70
Helga Sveinsdottir (Thordarson) (Ice Trekkers)
36.00
71
Pamela Hill (Hestafolk South)
35.00
72
Lori Birge (Cascade)
35.00
73
Monica Urrutia-Sheehan (Hestafolk North)
34.00
74
Frances Rospotynski (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
32.00
75
Heleen Heyning (Northcountry Tolters)
28.00
76
Kristina Schroeder (Ice Riders)
22.44
77
Kristen Cook (Individual)
22.00
78
Jaime Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
18.00
79
Shawn Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
18.00
80
Sherry Hoover (Tolt-A-Holics)
16.80
81
Deborah Kenny (Individual)
16.00
82
Scott Smith
14.00
83
Emily Potts (Individual)
8.00
84
Joan Krajewski (Hestafolk North)
8.00
85
Melinda Studstill (Topper)
4.00
86
Catherine Rekers (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
4.00
87
Nicole Beck (AIHA)
2.84
The Route (total 2,400)
First Quarter : 0 miles complete
Leg
Route
Region
Ride
Distance
#1
1Q
Midwest
Chicago, Illinois
150 mi
#2
1Q
Midwest
Springfield, Illinois
300 mi
#3
1Q
Midwest
Springfield, Missouri
450 mi
#4
1Q
South
Tulsa, Oklahoma
600 mi
Second Quarter : 600 miles complete
#5
2Q
South
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
750 mi
#6
2Q
South
Elk City, Oklahoma
900 mi
#7
2Q
South
Amarillo, Texas
1050 mi
#8
2Q
Southwest
Santa Rosa, New Mexica
1200 mi
Half Way : 1200 miles complete
#9
3Q
Southwest
Santa Fe, New Mexico
1350 mi
#10
3Q
Southwest
Albuquerque, New Mexico
1500 mi
#11
3Q
Southwest
Gallup, New Mexico
1650 mi
#12
3Q
Southwest
Flagstaff, Arizona
1800 mi
Three Quarters: 1800 miles complete
#13
Q4
Southwest
Kingman, Arizona
1950 mi
#14
Q4
West
Amboy, California
2100 mi
#15
Q4
West
Barstow, California
2250 mi
#18
Q4
West
Santa Monica, California
2400 mi
Ride Complete! 2400 miles
Team Merrimack Valley Icelandics. Photo by Andrea Smith.
Photo by Claudia Salzer
Photo by Iris Heidberg
photo by Kerstin Lundgren
Photo by Leah Greenberger
Photo by Ellen Lichtenstein Podhajsky
Photo by Susie Porter Johnson
Photo by Jane Wood Gately
