Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
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Friday, April 26
Chicago's own Matt Kelly is finally back home after a perilous journey starting in Deadhorse, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska all the way down to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina on his bike. Yes, just a regular bike folks. After 21 months and 17,.500 miles, welcome home Matt! You can look back at his adventure through Western Hemisphere here.