Thank-you email received:
Good evening! Back home in Colorado, and before the memories fade, just wanted to thank you and everyone we came in contact with this past Saturday at the WW&F for how gracious and welcome you all made us feel, and how impressive what you and your generations of colleagues have accomplished.
As one of my fellow travelers observed, what the WW&F organization has built is yet more impressive because, unlike nearly all other rail/historical organizations, the WW&F effort started with nothing but an ex-right-of-way which had become forested. No equipment. No facilities. Zip. What is equally impressive is that your organization spans all generations. It is most impressive to see young adults as volunteers wholeheartedly supporting something yet more distant in the past to them than it is to us.
Thanks again for a splendid, most memorable day! Hope things continue to go well for you all and the WW&F, and you'll see my continuation as a contributor. Too bad Denver is so far away!
Best - Pete Rickershauser