Well, thanks, I can't hold a candle to most of you (although one does tend to find opportunities to mention the accomplishment to, oh, everyone one sees the next day!). Probably will not be doing another right away--darn this having to work and finish a graduate program that I-am-doing-for-the-learning. I do occasionally go to that retirement calculator and look at how much I would lose if I retired 1, or 2 or even 3 years early, hmm, then I could have some more time to ride.

Speaking of the signage, our friends speculated that maybe people stole the signs because they were cute--I only saw 2, so can't speak to that. They said to write to the event organizers with any suggestions for improvement, that these particular ways of signage were new this year so feedback would be good.