The people you meet.

I have met a lot of "adventurous" people here. There is a couple that spend the winter here for eight months then return to a horse farm in Montana. In fact there are a surprising number of married couples here. A girl I met when I first got here spends the summer here and returns to Alaska to train sled dogs. There is a guy I met that also spends the summers here then returns to his sailboat in Seattle for the other four months. In the galley you hear conversations all the time on where they are going next. There are many people that backpack in different countries. I remember hearing a guy say he spends the summers here then rents a house on the beach in Peru and surfs for four months. 

I recently met a girl here that goes to the gym the same time I do. She is the first female to travel across the U.S. on a unicycle. Amazing. So we have a lot in common with my cross country bicycle trip with my daughter. It's all about the adventure and travel! I came across her blogspot: http://onewheelforlife.blogspot.com/

When my daughter Jocelyn and I rode cross country I wrote a blog entitled "A father/daughter adventure":

crazyguyonabike.com/mikey8590

Jocelyn is now on another bike adventure but this time without her father. She is riding from Cullowhee, North Carolina home to Cape Canaveral, Florida. I wish her a safe and fun adventure. And she is doing this without me. It's kind of sad for me but I'm happy for her. Visit her at Facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Believe-the-RIDE-Jocelyn-Rice/119895634765275

One more picture to add. I bought a bag of cheese puffs. I guess when stuff expires they send it to the "ice guys". They'll eat anything. Actually they weren't bad at all - just a little greasier.

Only four years past the "Best Date".