People we like: Neil and Jenny

I can't believe we didn't get a picture of these two.

Neil and Jenny live in Asheville, NC. Two of the nicest folks you'll meet. I found Neil on ADVrider. (It's THE site for people who do adventure touring. Click through, even if just to see the slide show on the home page.) He's got himself listed in the "hit me up if you're coming through town" thread, so I sent him a message. He sent me a message back, and I called him up about 70 miles outside of Asheville.

By the time we hit Asheville, Neil had found us a place to stay, and come up with a BBQ recommendation for us. He and Jenny came down the the restaurant, and had beers and hung out for a couple hours. Great conversation about riding, Asheville, everything. They took off, and pointed us toward the bars to hit (which were conveniently located right by the hotel Neil picked out).

We had been talking about the good roads in the area, the ones the locals ride. Neil offered to put together a route for us, and sure enough, when we got back to the hotel I had an email waiting laying out a whole path of great roads from Asheville to Roanoke. Not many people will roll home late on a school night and spend time with maps laying out a route for people they just met. These two are champs.

Neil was even good enough to call us on our bullshit when we bailed on the last part of the route he sent in order to slab it back to DC. He tried to tempt us with Pisgah Pale Ale, and was closer to winning us over than he knows.

Thanks, Neil and Jenny. You always have a place to stay in DC or NY.