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Above all thank you to Shani Ferri-Manor; Vincnet Ferri, DesignWorks, our web master, researcher and third rider in spirit,
and Scarlet Maressa Rivera without who this trip would not have been possible. |
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Todd and Stephanie |
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The best thing to happen on day one has to be though me overshooting our campground on a dark downhill descent, and stopping at some random Louisiana style steakhouse, meeting Todd and Stephanie It's rare that you meet two people like this in the world let alone at an intersection restaurant in what seems (at 9:30 at night) to be the middle of nowhere. I went in asking for directions to the nearest campground, what I got was an offer to get put up in an empty downstairs apartment.
Todd and Steph loaded our bikes into their pickup, took us to the store to pick up groceries and treated us to a few very tasty (especially after 69 miles) glasses of tempranillo. Todd, a fellow hardcore cyclist, offered tips and stories for our journey, and just plain old hospitality, something that I don't remember as a native New Yorker receiving so openly since childhood. At the end of the night, after Todd and Steph finished their last cigarette (I did abstain, thank you), we bid them a goodnight and as we were going back to the downstairs, Todd handed us a donation to our cause.
Wow! All I can say is wow! Despite the rain and any of our setbacks, if everyday could be like this. Meeting and learning all those good people out there in America that you read about in Highlights as a child or see in a Norman Rockwell, this trip will have been worth everything, even if we don't make it another twenty miles, which we will.
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Thank you, Bill and Mark Justin for the bolts, washers and air at STS Tire, Brodheadsville, PA. |
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Carol and Sandy |
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| We rode and rode this rolling road through Amish country on our way to the what we thought was a sizable town only to find a one road strip. We ate some pretty bad Italian food and discouraged, began making our way to the next town and the hopes of lodging. That's when Sandy and Carol found us on the road. They offered us a spot to pitch camp, filled us with beer and stories, and helped ease what almost turned out a dire day's ending |
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Good morning! Carol and Sandy made us a great breakfast if free range eggs, raw milk, yogurt, toast, pepper jelly (yum!), fresh grapes, and coffee for Sam. Energized and ready to start our rude, we shall now depart to State College (city name), the bank, Post Office, Best Buy, and then to the western beyond. |
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Jim and Barbara |
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Our friends Jim and Barbara, founding members of the Irondale Ensemble Project in Brooklyn, put us up while we were in Pttsburgh. Thank you, Jim and Barbara!
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Illinois & California |
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Thanks to the North Face Corporation and the Chicago North Face Store for replacing Sam's tent fly, and "over-nighting" the replacemenrt to Sam on the road in Chicago. |
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Jeff Kissam for continuing to try and find places for us to stay along the way. |
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South Dakota |
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Henry Windback of Huron, SD
Chuck and Audra of America
Les Oddlen of Jamestown, SD
Tim and Bev of Harvey, SD
Marlene the Librarian
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North Dakota |
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The Brookens Family of Minot, ND
Lile of Williston, ND
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Montana |
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Larry, Beth, and Christian of Culbertson, MT |
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Sara Beesley
Catherine Argyros Crook
Emily Crook
Ruth Delaney
Charulata L. Dyal
Crystal Dmytryk
Casey Ellis
Danielle & Carl Encarnaciin
Mark Endozo
Aaron Ferri
Maximilian Ferri
Kate Foreman
Shane Gasteyer
Kevin Gilmartin
Ronit Ghoshal
Sarah Ghoshal
Itay Golan
Laurie and David
Jean, Erica & Raymond
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Alex Hedquist
Shani Ferri-Manor
Shosh Manor
Paul Marks
Michael Mendoza
Greg Nelson
Jake Nelson
Nischam Oli
Liz Palkoski
Carlos and Irma Rivera
Daniel Romanowoki
Dmitri Russell
John Schweri
Welland Scripps
Bruce Townsend
Hila Turkienicz
Judy & Ray Webber
Tina West
Eric Wong
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Places we stayed at |
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Thomas Deluca
Patrick Dent and the Dent Family
Carmine P. Filthy
Nolan Kennedy
Liz Palkoski
Roberto Planos
Evan Shafran
Eric Trackman
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Sandy and Carol of State College, PA
Jim Niesen and Barbra McKenzie-Wood
Ken and Lisa of Oberlin, OH
Tammy, Boo, Tom and Summer of Dakota, IL
Landon of Latimer, IA
Travis Krueger of Sioux Falls, SD
Donald of New Diggings, WI
New Diggings Saloon
Carl and the Motorcycle Gang of the Quad Cities
Bruce of Round Lake, MN Town Park
Nobles County, MN Sheriffs Department
Haley of Hawaii, San Francisco and Williston, ND
Mariel of Williston, ND
Paul Gysler of Wolf Point, MT
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