Pedouins

Owen, Jack and I were  walking down a street in Seattle today when we saw a very old bus with a bike rack on the side.  The bike rack was holding a very long tandem bike that fit five people!  We were all intrigued and stopped to talk about it.  The middle seat on the bike was obviously for a very young child.  As we talked a man got off the bus and told us that he and his family rode the bike from Kentucky to Fairbanks, Alaska.  At the time his children were 2, 4, and 6!  They went over 7000 miles in just over a year.  Owen asked a million questions and the man answered them so kindly and with such enthusiasm. “He was one of the nicest men I ever met!” Owen exclaimed after we walked away.

The family was giving a talk at the Seattle REI store a few hours later, so the boys and I stopped at a restaurant for dinner, played at a park and hung out at a coffee shop to kill time.

The presentation was incredibly interesting and inspiring.

Definitely check out their site!

http://www.pedouins.org/history.html