I cannot believe I missed every last one of y'all! I was there for 9 long hours on Saturday. Then Sun. I was to be there from 1 until 4. And, yep, I was about 15 minutes late--friend & I standing in the check out line at REI spending dividends & using coupons!

As soon as I got there and relieved the crew, I raced over to Redmond's booth, and Mimi--you had been gone about 20 minutes, the fellow said. I did leave you a little note and had to give the fellow a kiss on the cheek for him to give it to you! What a character!!

And our CROC people told me about y'all stopping by. I was soooo looking forward to meeting everybody. I wore my buff both days and watched necks for others!

It was a terrific Expo. We even got 5 people to sign up for our ride. We usually get quite a few after the Expo, but never before during. Hope some of y'all will think about it. It's a great ride--and cheap! $110 for 3 days--fully supported. (Man, I'm tired of the spiel, but I cannot seem to quit!)

As the others have said, there were lots of gorgeous bicycles to drool over. And there was fun stuff to see and to try. And Susan, last year I got on the Emotion rollers--and I bought one. I've never regretted it. That young man rode it all day both days last year, too. The little narrow one sorta scared me--the young woman fell off it while I was there visiting on Sat.

The whole Expo experience is just great. Everybody should try to get there if possible. Cascade Bicycle Club is to be applauded for hosting such a marvelous event.--And, of course, Seattle ain't bad either rain or not.