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
Ice Trekkers
5,631.64
2
Northcountry Tolters
4,948.24
3
Síglaðir Tölters
4,444.40
4
West Coast Tolting Girls
4,363.48
5
Tolt-A-Holics
3,884.84
6
Topper
3,639.72
7
Merrimack Valley Icelandics
3,589.80
8
Arctic Alaska Riders
3,381.48
9
Hestafolk Central
2,871.44
10
AIHA
2,652.24
11
Hestafolk North
2,460.00
12
Solfaxi
2,182.00
13
Merry Mares of Maryland
1,649.60
14
Sirius Tolting Trekkers
1,246.00
15
Cascade
1,145.00
16
Hestafolk South
1,018.80
17
Ice Riders
435.44
18
Tolting Trailblazers
56.00
Individual Leaderboard
1
Claudia Salzer (Ice Trekkers)
1,780.00
2
Raven Flores (Ice Trekkers)
1,396.00
3
Martina Gates (Northcountry Tolters)
1,384.00
4
Cynthia Niebuhr (Topper)
1,304.08
5
Anna Bella Covert (West Coast Tolting Girls)
1,295.08
6
Sabrina Drake (Ice Trekkers)
1,252.00
7
Christine Snyder (Solfaxi)
1,222.00
8
Daniel Coverdell (Arctic Alaska Riders)
1,181.48
9
Kim Freeman (Síglaðir Tölters)
1,178.00
10
Iris Heidberg (Síglaðir Tölters)
1,122.00
Show/Hide Full Standings
11
Scott Smith (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
1,066.00
12
Doreen Shoda (Hestafolk Central)
1,020.00
13
Lauren Murphy (Hestafolk Central)
1,001.32
14
Emelia Stewart (West Coast Tolting Girls)
989.60
15
Serenity Perigo (Hestafolk North)
988.00
16
Pierre Lessard (Individual)
974.00
17
Brigit Huwyler (Northcountry Tolters)
946.00
18
Jaime Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
934.00
19
Shawn Jackson (Tolt-A-Holics)
930.00
20
Samantha Tuttlebee (Northcountry Tolters)
916.00
21
Nancy Radebaugh (Tolt-A-Holics)
884.00
22
Ron Hoover (Tolt-A-Holics)
872.04
23
Lin M Campbell (Síglaðir Tölters)
862.80
24
Leah Greenberger (Northcountry Tolters)
862.20
25
Terri Mielke (AIHA)
856.00
26
Evelyn Kaufman (West Coast Tolting Girls)
850.00
27
Misty Bohnert (Arctic Alaska Riders)
829.00
28
Claudia Sihler (AIHA)
813.00
29
Lisa McKeen (Hestafolk North)
792.00
30
Sandie Weaver (Ice Trekkers)
786.00
31
Susan Matheke (Individual)
742.16
32
Colleen Schumacher (Síglaðir Tölters)
733.60
33
Heather Skopik (Solfaxi)
720.00
34
Shelby Walker (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
703.00
35
Susan Gibbons (Individual)
701.08
36
Judy Skogen (Hestafolk South)
695.80
37
RJ West (Hestafolk Central)
692.00
38
Kathryn L Kalan (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
672.80
39
Lisa Blumhagen (Topper)
665.24
40
Jana L. Strait (Topper)
645.00
41
Shellie Greyhavens (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
643.00
42
AMY KEELER (Individual)
591.96
43
Mary Sackinger (Arctic Alaska Riders)
580.00
44
VALERIE MOORE (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
564.00
45
Linda Eddy (Cascade)
546.00
46
Louisa Stewart (West Coast Tolting Girls)
506.80
47
Hailey Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
506.00
48
Frank Sihler (AIHA)
489.00
49
Lynda Zur (Individual)
488.00
50
Patricia Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
474.00
51
Cynthia Tolbert (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
456.00
52
Elizabeth Foster (Topper)
456.00
53
Sue Roska (Individual)
444.00
54
Janet Mulder (AIHA)
435.60
55
Ona Kwiatkowski (Northcountry Tolters)
424.00
56
Isabella Cordes (Síglaðir Tölters)
422.00
57
Heleen Heyning (Northcountry Tolters)
416.04
58
Brenda Richard (Arctic Alaska Riders)
404.00
59
Annika Gunnarson (West Coast Tolting Girls)
398.00
60
Mary Chamberlin (Hestafolk North)
354.00
61
Helga Sveinsdottir (Thordarson) (Ice Trekkers)
352.00
62
Lori Birge (Cascade)
345.00
63
Marjorie Lewis (Merry Mares of Maryland)
341.60
64
Zo Zinke-Haschemeyer (West Coast Tolting Girls)
324.00
65
Pamela Hill (Hestafolk South)
323.00
66
Alison Osborne (Topper)
320.00
67
Theresa Harmon (Arctic Alaska Riders)
317.20
68
Melanie Ku (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
299.00
69
Sherry Hoover (Tolt-A-Holics)
264.80
70
Leah Carballo (Merry Mares of Maryland)
260.00
71
Susan Whitakerhill (Cascade)
254.00
72
Carol Meyers (Solfaxi)
240.00
73
Joan Krajewski (Hestafolk North)
226.00
74
Laura Stautberg Glaza (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
200.00
75
Teresa Harp (Topper)
191.40
76
Jade Trostle (Ice Riders)
164.00
77
Sandra Solberg (Hestafolk Central)
158.12
78
Jo Ann Trostle (Ice Riders)
150.00
79
Deborah Kenny (Individual)
144.00
80
Brynja Meehan (Merrimack Valley Icelandics)
128.00
81
Kristina Behringer (Síglaðir Tölters)
126.00
82
Kristina Schroeder (Ice Riders)
121.44
83
Marisa Shaw (Individual)
108.00
84
Monica Urrutia-Sheehan (Hestafolk North)
100.00
85
Frances Rospotynski (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
100.00
86
Ellen Halverson (Arctic Alaska Riders)
69.80
87
Claire Wolfe (Merry Mares of Maryland)
68.00
88
Donnamarie Temple-Burgess (Ice Trekkers)
65.64
89
Melinda Studstill (Topper)
58.00
90
Sarah Wood (Tolting Trailblazers)
56.00
91
Kristen Cook (Individual)
48.00
92
Silke Wandling (AIHA)
38.00
93
Nicole Beck (AIHA)
20.64
94
Emily Potts (Individual)
16.00
95
Scott Smith
14.00
96
Catherine Rekers (Sirius Tolting Trekkers)
4.00
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
