If he could bring it south to someone in Chicago and then they could bring it to Bloomington IL I could meet them there to hand it off to the next person.
I'd guess it should go South for the Winter. Apparently there's little interest to carry the new Mascot
I looked at the profile of the person holding the mascot and it doesn't say where he is from. It seems he would have spoken up here to let us know what was up instead of us having to chase him down. But whatever, nothing I can do about any of this. Rene, I don't know how you do it....lol....but you've done a great job.
If it gets anywhere close I'd like to be involved and help out.
l've carried the mascot twice. The previous one before its final rest in Cali, and the new one coming out of Cali. Seems most figure out a halfway point to meet up and handle the exchange. Naperville area is about halfway btw Bloomington and the Milwaukee area. That's only a little over a hundred miles each one way. So l see no reason that a meet up btw Firewoman and Smitty can't be worked out.
And by the way, the flag journey and current location has been posted in the Minnesota Social Group, Great Lakes Regional Events and Rides on this forum as well as the HDForums Facebook page.