My husband received an e-mail from a member of the DC Randonneurs with news that Lon Haldeman and Susan Notorangelo of PAC Tours have lost their Wisconsin home to a tragic fire. They lost 15 bikes including Lon’s new red AirGlide. They did manage to salvage all their PACTOUR supplies for the upcoming Arizona Camps. However, they have lost one support vehicle. By the grace of God, no one was injured or worse.
Most people in this situation would cancel everything. Not Lon and Susan. Susan has headed to Tucson to begin the Arizona Desert Camp minus Lon and one other crew member, Rodger who broke his hip. Lon hopefully will join them before week 3. All of this on their mind and they continue on so not to disappoint fellow cyclists. Thank you Lon and Susan, my thoughts and prayers to you all.
Next week I was to leave for week two of Desert Camp. For several reasons, I decided to postpone the trip before I knew of the fire. I just hope that changing my plans did not happen in the middle of this tragedy. Susan and Lon were gracious enough to allow me to change weeks. So, I decided to go to Wisconsin on June 7th for the Wisconsin Coaching week. At first I was very disappointed I really wanted to go to Arizona. Then I started checking out Wisconsin. Wow…. They will have three awesome coaches. The riding looks amazing and not to mention I just might get over to the Trek home office and Waterford. Since I own two Waterford bikes, maybe Richard Schwin will set aside a few minutes to say hi. And Trek, well, since I am always preaching to women about getting out on a bike, any bike and ride. Trek, Women who Ride… I think a visit to Trek is important.
Me and My Bike 