Appearances can be deceiving. An older man contacted me through warmshowers and wanted to stay at my place. I agreed and told him I would ride out to meet him. Whe I saw him, he was just about to crest a steep hill, struggling all the way up. He was absolutely loaded down with gear. A trailer loaded to the brim and I think he even had some small bags on a rack.

He got to the top of the hill where I was. Smiled and said, "the hills sure are steep around here"! I noticed he had no teeth. I saw that and all of that gear and the first thing I thought was that he was homeless, using warmshowers as a place to stay.

That night he we went to dinner, be paid. He had no problems with money. He told me he lost his teeth at the very start of his TransAm. It had been pouring rain and he was on a bike path. Someone had thrown a couch out in the middle of the path. He never saw it due to all the rain and slammed right into it. He lost his teeth in the accident.