OK, a little news. They got to sit on the tarmac for over an hour in NY before they took off for Portland, ME. Arrived in Portland 2 or 3 hours late. That'll teach my sister in law, who got to sit at the airport and wait for them, to get a cell phone like the rest of the modern world.

I'm waiting for a report on how bike assembly goes.

-thom "the not-so-hunky mechanic who did not get to go on the trip"