Post #94859 by Tiki-bot on Sun, Jun 6, 2004 12:48 AM

I'd like to extend the biggest MAHALO! possible to Humuhumu for her tireless efforts to promote and support Team Pineapple. You have been such a great help to us and our cause. I'd suggest selling your extra karma points on ebay asap. Luxury living, here you come! We love you and hope you can rally a few TC-HTs on our Sunday Trader Vic's outing. We'd love to see everyone there.

We're very excited and it's hard to sleep right now, even after only 5 hours last night, a long day of event registration and packing today, and hopefully 4 hours of sleep tonight, and 88 miles to ride tomorrow on our first day.

Believe me, on the long and painful days ahead we'll be thinking of our friends and supporters who helped us along our long journey, which started with us giving up every weekend of free time (except Oasis!) since January to train and prepare for this. I'd especially like to thank Purple Jade for her wonderful contributions to our tiki/pineapple inspired decor and ride equipment - your pagan idols got us safely through the last 5 months of training rides (about 2000 miles total). Tiki Diablo for his wonderful necklaces (I'll be wearing a different one every day!) and carvings that are greatly inspiring, and to all the folks who came to our fundraising party a couple months back, we appreciate what you all have enabled us to do. There's no community like this one and we are proud to be a part of it with you.

We have been able to bring a lot of aloha that is familiar to folks here to our training ride groups. It's so outta control that people seek out the Pineapples and even ask for pictures! It's a wonderful group of people.

Please check Humuhumu's links to our webpages for photos, etc. You'll be mildly entertained. No matter what your idol of worship, please pray for my knees to hold out! Hope to see you all Sunday at Vic's! "Painkillers" for everyone!

Mahalo nui loa!

Richard (Tiki-bot)
Team Pineapple