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Margot Visher |
3 September 2006 |
Margot took us in and fed us and showed us around Cannon Beach and overall gave us a delightful evening. Wow, what a place. We'll never forget the delight of viewing the ocean from her place. |
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Bob and Honna Sheffield |
3 September 2006 |
Bob and Honna (old, old friends of Nancy's) made a special trip from northwest of Portland to spend a day playing with us at Oswald West State Park. They treated to a wonderful dinner cooked over the campfire and we just had a blast. Thanks! |
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Suzi and Jim Stovall |
6 September 2006 |
Suzi and Jim have a son crossing the country by bike right now. They're members of the Warm Showers List (warmshowers.org) and they took us in and treated us like royalty! Hot tub on the beach? Wow! Thanks! |
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Fran Greenleaf and Patrick Griego |
17 September 2006 |
Fran is my 2nd cousin (at least) and Fran and Patrick invited us to their place for a wonderful time of sharing trip reminiscences. And we got a great BED to sleep in and our laundry done and a fantastic meal and NEW FRIENDS. Thanks, Fran and Patrick! |
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Roy and Mary Harthan |
21 September 2006 |
Roy and Mary are Warm Showers hosts that treated us to a night in their cottage. Thanks! It's so nice to meet such interesting and generous people. |
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Luis Kong |
25 September 2006 |
Dr Kong is a dentist - We were looking everywhere for a dentist to fix Randy's crown which had fallen off. Dr. Kong agreed to see Randy (the SAME DAY) and we rode to his office and he graciously and generously did all that needed to happen. Thanks, Dr Kong! |
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Dave Manuel and Shelagh Fritz |
25 September 2006 |
Dave and Shelagh met us out on the coast north of San Francisco and were so bold as to invite us to crash on their living room floor. We did for a couple of days and it was fantastic getting to know them. And we feel like we learned a LOT. Thanks, Dave and Shelagh! |
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Carlos and Monica Duque |
25 September 2006 |
Carlos and Monica just met us riding in toward San Francisco and they became our tour guids and led us through all the intricate twists and turns of the northern approach to SF. They had just been out for a weekend cycling adventure and were also returning. Later we went for a ride with Carlos to the Marin Headlands. Thanks for all your help, Carlos and Monica! |
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Matt and Ryan at BikeWorks in Half Moon Bay |
3 October 2006 |
Matt and Ryan of Bikeworks in Half Moon Bay helped us out with a whole series of mechanical problems, putting off the things that they had to get done so they could get us on the road. If you're ever going through Half Moon Bay, stop at the bike shop and patronise them. They're wonderful people. |
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Larry Sharpe |
5 October 2006 |
Larry was out for a ride near Monterey and just brought us home (4 of us!) and put us up for the evening. He rode across the country in 1976 and has been paying back people's generosity ever since. What a great guy! |
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Ildi and Paul |
8 October 2006 |
Ildi and Paul hosted us in South Pasadena. It was amazing to see Paul's "magic garden" hidden behind a gate on a hill in the middle of the city. And what a wonderful thing for Nancy to get to visit her old school buddy, Ildi. |
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Pat and Cat Patterson |
16 October 2006 |
Pat and Cat are the famous adventurers who just got back from riding their bikes around the world. See worldriders2.com for the whole story. They adopted us and took us in and we had a wonderful time and a beautiful beginning of a great friendship. |
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Mark Lewis and Tony Ramirez |
20 October 2006 |
Mark is Nancy's brother - they hosted us for a delightful 2 nights and it was so good to see them after riding all those miles down from Inuvik! |
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Marty Jones |
22 October 2006 |
Marty is another kind WarmShowers member who put us up and guided us around the great city of San Diego. He helped us a thousand ways and made San Diego a sane place for us. Thanks, Marty! |
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Amy Farrell |
24 October 2006 |
Amy saw us poring over maps at the Burger King in Yuma, Arizona, and stopped to chat. We asked where a campground might be, and she just invited us to sleep in her backyard instead! And then she fed us a delightful breakfast in the morning, and made our stay in Yuma so memorable. If all the world were so open and generous, what would it be like? Thanks, Amy. |
