Brant received a phone call late yesterday afternoon from Katie and Sara looking for a place to camp or crash. The Warm Showers website directs a cyclist or two to our house every few months or so. We usually end up meeting wonderful people that have much to teach us and tell us of our future life on the road.
Katie and Sara are an unlikely cycling duo: in their forties, female, and from two distant continents. These women are an inspiration. They both have ridden the Trans America cycling route; and their current adventure began in Portland, OR, and will "end" in Baja California.
Katie is a retired military woman who grew up in Applegate, OR and Hawaii. Sara grew up in Thailand. After a horrific accident as an adolescent, Sara has pursued life with a fervor, and gushes a contagious positive attitude. She works in order to travel on her bike and wishes to live every moment of her life to the fullest. Sara invited Brant and I to stay with her and her relatives in Thailand; and we will most definitely take her up on it. (Although she can't guarantee she'll be back in Thailand by next year, depending on the adventures she rigs up for herself; and in that case, she said she'll just tell us where the keys are!).
Katie and Sara only got to stay one night with us. This morning we made eggs together. And Brant escorted them out of town on his way to school.
What wonderful cycling goddesses these women are. I will never forget them.
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