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Old 11-25-12, 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by eofelis
Then we met Zach through warmshowers. 18 years old, he just graduated high school in Minnesota and got on his bike to explore the west. He stayed with us 3 nights. He spent an entire day calling every farm and orchard in town looking for summer work. He wanted to earn more money for his trip. He stayed in town for a month or so, camping out and working picking peaches. He visited us each weekend and has become a good friend. We had fun going yard saling on bikes on Saturday mornings, all being thrifty shoppers. His relatives drove here to visit him and we enjoyed meeting them very much. He has since moved on west and is now staying with relatives in WA, his bike trip done. He still calls us every weekend to see how we are doing and update on his trip. He was planning on taking the train home to MN. We told him that if he routes his train ride through here that we would like him to stay a few days with us again. A great guy.
This just absolutely blew my mind. I MET ZACH on my last trip down the pacific coast route mid October. He had just climbed up over Leggett (going south to north) and dropped into our campsite after dark while we were making dinner. We just started chatting and he setup camp with us. Great kid. Loved hearing his stories about the people he met along the way and working in the orchids over summer. Quite an adventure for an 18 y/o. I dug his gear choice and mentality too. He had a cool vintage road bike with some older hand mended panniers and well worn Brooks saddle. Absolutely awesome.
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