Submitted by katie rehkopf, Carrboro, NC on June 29, 2010 - 5:52am.
Thank you so much for the colorful, tender, funny commentary, Paul.
Henry and I are ready for Matthew to return home and are beyond grateful for his safe landing at Antelope Wells. He is extremely emotional this year given Dave's death (we spoke last night--I don't know where he was at that point). I know he was glad it was nearly finished but seemed to think there was no record broken because of the re-route? I thought that seemed strange, but am not sure how it is handled. Since it was out of his hands and everyone must follow the same re-route, I assumed he had broken the record and congratulated him ahead of time. He said, "nope, different course... i'm not thinking about that right now". He told the story of his bike which was more complicated than described: some folks at McDonalds pursued the bandanna-adorned gangster by vehicle, harassing and haranguing the punk who struggled mightily to operate a fancy bicycle whose gear shifters and tiny pedals he could not manage. Their involvement most certainly helped spook the guy who abandoned the bike and ran off. I should let Matthew speak for himself--in my excitement to hear from him, I am not sure how well I was listening and how absolutely accurate this all is, but I just wanted to say thank you.
Thank you so much for the
Thank you so much for the colorful, tender, funny commentary, Paul.
Henry and I are ready for Matthew to return home and are beyond grateful for his safe landing at Antelope Wells. He is extremely emotional this year given Dave's death (we spoke last night--I don't know where he was at that point). I know he was glad it was nearly finished but seemed to think there was no record broken because of the re-route? I thought that seemed strange, but am not sure how it is handled. Since it was out of his hands and everyone must follow the same re-route, I assumed he had broken the record and congratulated him ahead of time. He said, "nope, different course... i'm not thinking about that right now". He told the story of his bike which was more complicated than described: some folks at McDonalds pursued the bandanna-adorned gangster by vehicle, harassing and haranguing the punk who struggled mightily to operate a fancy bicycle whose gear shifters and tiny pedals he could not manage. Their involvement most certainly helped spook the guy who abandoned the bike and ran off. I should let Matthew speak for himself--in my excitement to hear from him, I am not sure how well I was listening and how absolutely accurate this all is, but I just wanted to say thank you.