And I should have known the tenor's first solo would bring Ryan to mind:

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way...., make straight in the desert a highway....Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.
Issiah 40:3-4

Old Issiah must have been thinking of a bike tour. Or perhaps not.

During the prayers after the performance I said one for Ryan. I'm sure it was heard; what He has in mind is another matter.