I volunteered for the Avon Walk this year for the first time and only found out about it through my daughter, who was one of the walkers. There was never anything written about this event in the Summit Daily beforehand that I can recall but, at least, there was an article after the walk was over. Contrary to other people’s opinions, I don’t understand why the walkers didn’t get exclusive rights to the path. They walked Keystone to Frisco on Saturday and Frisco to Breck on Sunday – surely there were plenty of other paths for the bicyclists to ride during those times. I don’t know if this was up to the Avon Walk coordinators or the individual towns. I was on the path at times and saw the surly look on so many biker’s faces when the realized they were going to have to slow down and make room for all the walkers coming towards them. It would have been nice to have them cheer the walkers on, after all, this was not a leisurely walk for them but a walk for the family and friends they’d lost to breast cancer. Many were survivors and many were still in the treatment process. My daughter was walking for her grandmother, whose voice she never heard since cancer took her life at age 36, and instead she heard profanity from a bicyclist. I applaud those of you who did respect the Avon walkers as I know many did.

And, kudos, to the Dillon police department for issuing tickets to those bicyclists who run stop signs in town. After all, it is against the law. We’ve had numerous encounters in Frisco at Main and Madison with bicyclists who do not even slow down at the stop sign. There are plenty of other visitors who come to Summit County who like to stroll along the rec path with their families and take in the beautiful scenery, not zoom through it at 35 mph.