Trekker's Log, May 10-13, 2007

5/10 – 13/07, Rotary District 5520 Conference, Taos

This was a good time for a time out from the Trail. Pem and I drove up to Taos while Audrey drove down from Conifer, bring Pem’s wife, Moni, and their baby daughter, Pelzom, with her. It was a great reunion for Audrey and me as well as for Pem and his family.

We had several good contacts with possible supporters of the Rotary CDT Challenge at the Conference Trade Show. One contact has already led to a contribution by an El Paso Rotarian! We look forward to visiting further with the dozen or so other people who showed an interest, when the hiking has ended for this year, and we can begin to follow up on all the great conversations we’ve had.

At luncheon on Saturday, at what appeared to be the largest single gathering of the conference, we received an extremely gracious and complete introduction from the podium by the Chair of the Conference, Past District Governor Bob DeLaHunt of the Rotary Club of Chama Valley. He made us feel like celebrities while he described our project as worthy and described us as local heroes. The audience responded accordingly! We are very grateful to Bob for the wonderful statements he made about us, and particularly what he said about the Rotary CDT Challenge.