Where in the World is Woodcock...
Steve Woodcock is riding his motorcycle 12,818 miles around the perimeter of the United States and to each of the four corners — Madawaska, Maine; Blaine, Wash.; San Ysidro, Calif.; and Key West, Fla. — all in 60 days to raise funds for the United Service Organizations, better known as simply the USO.
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