We joined the Warmshowers network of cyclists offering each other hospitality recently. Tom will use the network on his cross country trip to stay with a few families, and we have the potential to meet interesting people as they pass through our area and stop in with us.
Or re-meet people, in the case of our first guest: a recumbent bicyclist, professional trombone player, and person Tom and I went to high school with. Haven’t seen him in 25 years, yet cycling has caused us to get reacquainted.
I think it is good for the kids to meet adventuring people, and learn from them. I learned too, as he let me try that crazy recumbent. Took me three trips up and down the alley to get it, but then suddenly, I did. New people and new experiences – we like the adventure of both.
[…] had stay with us, followed later that summer by a bicycling Dutch couple, and most recently our first warmshowers guest this past June. And in turn, we have met people while adventuring who have shared their hospitality with […]