These are the people who I met through the internet to stay in their home for the night. I have no indication of what sort of people that they might be, aside from their interest in touring on a tandem bike.
They end up being the most interesting, memorable people that I'll meet in the entirely of my trip to this point. I wish I had taken a picture of them, but Gail still hadn't woken up by the time I left in the morning (~11am).
They are both in their late 60s, and have known each other since they were 10. They were in college in Louisiana during the civil rights movement. Since then they've toured the country countless times on both bikes and motorcycles. I could have listened to their stories for days on end.
A recent one: they get in trouble at the grocery store because Sam is sitting on the cart (two baskets on top of each other style one) as Gail pushes him all around the store. It takes a half hour for somebody in the store to work up the nerve to tell the retirees that they are not allowed to do that. They own a huge yellow motorcycle named Big Bird. Their home is chock full of art, especially broken plate mosaics.
PICTURES!!!
- Bobb
- I'm going on a bike ride this summer. A long one. I won't be updating it real-time, as I'd originally hoped to, but I will be telling my story and sharing pictures here. Click on any picture to make it BIIIIG!
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