Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 19,353
Likes: 5,471
From: Rochester, NY
Bikes: Stewart S&S coupled sport tourer, Stewart Sunday light, Stewart Commuting, Stewart Touring, Co Motion Tandem, Stewart 3-Spd, Stewart Track, Fuji Finest, Mongoose Tomac ATB, GT Bravado ATB, JCP Folder, Stewart 650B ATB
As is often the case both internal and external forces acted on me, motivating me to do my first touring. As a child our family did some canoe trips but I fell into cycling (great escape device, I had 3 older sisters). I joined AYH at 14 but never took advantage of their network of hostels. I had the seed just not yet the fruit. A couple of years later I discovered the hippy cycling crowd in high school and tagged along with them, finally doing my first overnight when I was 16 with a couple of buddies.
Now I'm 61 and have done 22 multy day tours with over 7000 miles. In a couple of months I get to start my dream since I was 14. Cross country self supported. Andy.