Portsmouth, NH (4Aug08)
Hi Everyone,
It was an incredible journey!
It was a life changing experience!
Today was my last day of “eat as much as you want” guilt-free diet!
Now back to reality!
(Still having hotel server problems … hopefully I’ll be able to upload the pix later!)
Wow! I think I finally got the pix uploaded!
It was an incredible finish … we rode 56 miles to day and it was a bittersweet ending!
Most of all were happy it was over … yet … we will all miss the personal interactions and the friendships that we’ve earned in just 50 days!
What can I say? I want to say “thank you” to ABB and its staff for the excellent and professional way they helped bring us to a safe conclusion of this 3630 mile ride!
A special thanks to ABC and their staff … especially Matt G … who flew up to Boston from Washington D.C. and then drove up to Manchester to make the presention! (You are to be commended on a job well done!)
A even more special thank you to each of the blood donors in America and Canada … you really are saving lives!
You are truly giving the “gift of life” to others … a gift that literally comes from your heart!
To my friends, co-workers, neighbors, and family … thanks for believing in me … I couldn’t have done it without you!
And to all my new cycling buddies … thanks for the many, many “pulls” you gave me … it was a thrill of a lifetime!
Also I finally discovered why I ride the way I do on the road? “I am a tandem!” (I go slow up the hills & I go very fast down the hills!)
That seems very simple to me!
To my wife, Gail, my daughters, Amber & Adella … thanks for being there at the end … you made my day!
To Doug Torosian … thanks for believing in me in 1996 and once again in 2008 … !
Larry F.
P.S. Check out the pix at: http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk118/larryjfr/Life%20Across%20America%202008/08-04-08%20–%20Portsmouth%20NH%20END%20OF%20RIDE/
August 4th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
A big congat’s Larry. You did it, great job. See you when you get back in Sonoma County.