www.warmshowers.org is a hospitality site for touring cyclists similar to couchsurfing.org. Staying in a campground by myself, except for the pigs & coyotes, was getting old, and staying in affordable motels surrounded by 55+ communities wasn't lightin' my fire either so i figured this hospitality thing might offer a welcome change of pace. So, i joined and found a place to stay with Curt and Frank in McAllen and could not have been more pleased. Both guys bike, run, and are well traveled. Frank is a real maniac when it comes to traveling for marathons - he ran a marathons in Antarctica, Japan, the original route in Greece, Europe, is going to Tunisia in the spring. I was able to cook in a kitchen! and introduced Frank and Curt to making sushi and drinking sake - then i think we opened a bottle of pisco . . . good time. The convenience of a house to plan, pack, and ship to was very welcome. Curt and Frank
turned me onto their local bike shop, Wally's, to pick up some spokes and offered me insight into living in the "valley." The area seems to be developing a nice little bike scene. Wally projected the stages of the Tour de France onto the side of the building at nightfall byob & lawn chairs. I could see the appeal of living there. www.wallysbikeshop.com Curt's experience in the planning department means he gives great directions and i had the place wired quick. Also, i got a really nice nice dog fix riling Tula, the lab, and Bella, the german shepard, and the cats were amusing. Thanks again and i hope i can return the favor in upstate NY - wine touring on a bike!
www.warmshowers.org is a hospitality site for touring cyclists similar to couchsurfing.org. Staying in a campground by myself, except for the pigs & coyotes, was getting old, and staying in affordable motels surrounded by 55+ communities wasn't lightin' my fire either so i figured this hospitality thing might offer a welcome change of pace. So, i joined and found a place to stay with Curt and Frank in McAllen and could not have been more pleased. Both guys bike, run, and are well traveled. Frank is a real maniac when it comes to traveling for marathons - he ran a marathons in Antarctica, Japan, the original route in Greece, Europe, is going to Tunisia in the spring. I was able to cook in a kitchen! and introduced Frank and Curt to making sushi and drinking sake - then i think we opened a bottle of pisco . . . good time. The convenience of a house to plan, pack, and ship to was very welcome. Curt and Frank 
turned me onto their local bike shop, Wally's, to pick up some spokes and offered me insight into living in the "valley." The area seems to be developing a nice little bike scene. Wally projected the stages of the Tour de France onto the side of the building at nightfall byob & lawn chairs. I could see the appeal of living there. www.wallysbikeshop.com Curt's experience in the planning department means he gives great directions and i had the place wired quick. Also, i got a really nice nice dog fix riling Tula, the lab, and Bella, the german shepard, and the cats were amusing. Thanks again and i hope i can return the favor in upstate NY - wine touring on a bike!
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