Sunday Before the Bike Trip

I am sorry it took me so long to get information on this blog. The first two nights out, I was too exhausted to type at night. The third evening I was ready to start and I couldn’t remember how to get to the blog! Jeff Nohner returned my call today, explained what I needed to do, so here we go. Cyril has been writing his thoughts and notes all along and I am going to share some of them with you.

Pam Paul


Sunday, September 14, 2008

At both Masses at St. Joan’s, Fr Jim Cassidy bestowed a blessing upon us, with the aid of the community. At both occasions he mentioned my age and the congregation gasped, stood up and applauded. He also granted my request that we sell the t-shirts that were made for the ride at the end of the celebration.

The t-shirts were donated by George Berkner who presently resides in Phoenix, AZ. The first batch had a misspelling: Scholorship. I’m trying to think of a creative way to turn the o into an a. Perhaps a bike wheel. They are in my foyer and George sent a second, corrected batch. Pam and my daughter, Nerrissa, folded all 5 boxes of shirts. We sold 30 t-shirts at St. Joan’s and we also collected a few dollars from well wishers to help with our expenses. A very special thank you to Jeff and Rita Nohner who accompanied us on vacation to Trinidad last Feb. and developed the special web site, created the business cards for us and spent hours instructing Pam on the web site and blog.