Originally Posted by
B. Carfree
Perhaps my favorite tour happened when a young friend decided to go to an Armand Hammer school in New Mexico. He was sixteen at the time and I was 24. He wanted to ride at least part way there and his mother, a friend of mine as well, really, really wanted some of us older friends of his to ride with him. In the end, the only people who could arrange time off were a former girlfriend of mine and me. Even so, we only had a small window of time, so we flew into Denver, headed north (yes, we knew New Mexico was south of Denver, but we did have ten days or so) and had a great time riding back and forth over the Continental Divide. By the time we got home, I was moving in with that former girlfriend (we later got married) and four years later we ordered our first custom touring tandem.
Oh, and the young lad met the love of his life at that school. She became a school teacher and they moved to Salem, OR and lived happily ever after.
That's a cute story! Thanks for sharing
We met at work and after weeks of awkwardness he finally asked me out. I was 20 and hadn't ever been on a date before. Crazy right? Too consumed with life. I had a bicycle but had ever toured. That night we'd been texting and decided I wanted to try touring so I borrowed his sisters bike and for the next 3 weeks we rode around the above noted areas. Luckily our job allows us to take off whenever. My parents weren't too keen on it. Me spending 3 weeks w a guy they hadn't met deep in the Washington woods with no cell service lol 😂 All ended perfectly though!