Episode 21: A Picture of Thanks

Sitting in a train for 8 hours from Boston, Massachusetts to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, I thought "how could I ever thank all the people that made this trip possible?" Since the U.S. is celebrating Thanksgiving, I thought it only appropriate to acknowledge of all who made this trip possible: through pictures. I've ended up with 1,500 pictures for this trip, might as well put them to good use. Andale, andale! Arriba, arriba!

Companies:
The Recycle Bicycle Shop- Ellensburg, WA
Mountian High Sports- Ellensburg, WA
Peter White Cycles- Hillsborough, NH
Recreational Equipment Inc.- Seattle, WA
Mountain Equipment Co-op- Vanouver, BC, Canada
Competitive Cyclist- West Valley City, UT
Trailhead Bike Shop- Ludington, MI
Green Mountain Bike- Rochester, VT
Julie, virtual assistant of Amtrak- United States

Hosts:
Birkin Owart's Family, Quincy, WA

Bill Bender- Sagle, ID

Abbot John Klassen, Br. Aelred Senna, & the monks of St. John's Abbey- Collegeville, MN

Doug, Barb, & Gus [the Dog!] Benson & friends

St. Mary's Catholic Church, Fr. George, Kay & company- Port Huron, MI

Nicole (& Diesel) LaChance- Portland, ME

Elijah Blaisdell- Boston, MA

Alex Niu- Cambridge, MA

Tom, Linda, and Tessa Mandras- Nashua, NH

Abbot Mark Cooper, Br. John Paul, Fr. Anselm & the monks of St. Anselm's Abbey- Manchester, NH

Archabbot Douglas Nowicki, Fr. Bonaventure & the monks of St. Vincent's Archabbey- Latrobe, PA

Erik Flaten- Portland, OR

Abbot Neal Roth, Fr. Peter, Br. Aelred & the monks of St. Martin's Abbey- Lacey, WA

Family:
Mom, Dad, Jim, & Lolo Lola- Tacoma, WA

Tim & Rose Rosemeier, Samantha, Michael, Vincent, Veronica, David Rosemeier, Minneapolis, MN

Tito Eboy, Tita Ting Ting & Lizares Family, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mavie & Chris Labayen, Philadelphia, PA

Friends:

Brendan & Brittany

Reece & Family

Kyle

Peter & Sam

Iann

Josh, Sarah, & Tara

Paul Nelson from Nelson's Hardware TrueValue - Cumberland, WI, left

Wisconsin adventurers, right

 Unfortunately, this list is not complete. My memory is great but not spotless. So to everyone I didn't mention, I remember the good memories we shared. A short speech and a long story could be written for every name, picture and company here. I hope recognition, my prayers, and my friendship has made your life more beautiful. Thank you for making my life so blessed and wonderful. Please keep in touch! In fact, if you send me an email and say hi, I promise I will write back!

across2worlds@gmail.com

Or friend me on Facebook. So from my humble heart, thanks... but also salamat po, danke schön, merci, grazie, gracias, obrigado, السلام عليكم, & 謝謝.

Until next time.