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My late dear friend Ann Morris organized the 2002 Olympic torch run for the Salt Lake City Olympics. She called one morning in January 2002, saying there were two slots open a week later in the middle of the night in Klamath Falls, Oregon, if we could get there.
I quickly called my son Thomas and now-stepdaughter Catherine Butsch and offered them the opportunity. Catherine’s mom Jan and my daughter Sally joined us for the cross-country flight and crazy drive.
We fought icy roads and never saw daylight in the town, but created lifetime memories – even at 4AM.