While perhaps an unusual way to start things off, I’m going to tell a joke, or rather provide you with a very broad outline of one.

Kenny and I were not the only ones who had fun getting to Bear, some of our fellow “Circlites” had their own harrowing tales to tell, particularly Barry Gold, who endured 33 hrs. of travelling and waiting, with only 3 to 4 hrs of sleep mixed in while enroute to YK.

But before going any further let me introduce you to “our gang”: