Trail Angels

Trail angels is a term Appalachian Trail hikers use to describe people who help them along the way. Our trail angels are: Scott and Cayley who were our mentors and bike mechanics at home and via phone, Kathleen and John who picked us up at the Seattle depot and shuttled us to the start of our trip, Greg who went with us to San Juan Island, "The bike group guys" (Andrew, Bob, Don, Jeff, Jim and Jeff) who met us our first night in Concrete, WA; helped us replace 5 spokes and asked if we wanted to join them as they were going cross country to Bar Harbor, ME, Mark and Betty who picked us up and treated us to their vacation home overlooking Lake Chelan, Tom who joined our group in Whitefish and always had anything we needed, Charlie and Micayla, their daughter Sienna and new baby on the way, who hosted us in Whitefish, the town of Hinsdale, MT who let us join in their 4th of July festivities, the town of Esmond, MT who let us join in Esmond Days, Orv from Cooperstown, ND who gave us a personal tour of the the Griggs County Museum: a must see!, Lois in Melrose, MN who led us to the motel. I'm sure there are others who we missed, but the people we met along the way were definitely the highlight. People approached us and talked to us....something that doesn't happen with travel by car or plane.
Doug and the guys (Jeff, Don, Andrew and Joe) are off this morning to continue the trip to the East Coast. We'll continue to add posts for his trip.
Therese