Every Day Adventurers

Happy New Year, everyone! We hope your holiday season was filled with family, friends and love.

Just wanted to share a great Xtracycle sighting I had during my wonderful, albeit brief, Hawaiian vacation on the Big Island.

We arrived at Kona International to sunny skies, a light breeze and warm weather (sorry mainland peers, we empathized as you survived the ice storms and frigid temps, really). After getting our rental car and gathering our bearings, we headed toward Kona to pick up groceries before landing at our condo.

After shopping and getting over the sticker shock of island prices (30% more for mostly everything) we were heading out when my family said, “Hey, look! An Xtracycle.”

“What?! Where!?” was my reply. I grabbed my camera and bolted out of the car to see who was living the Xtracycle Hawaiian lifestyle.

Walking up to the tanned, smiling owner, I introduced myself and my Xtracycle affiliation and asked if I could snap a photo of her and her steed. Mary-Beth happily obliged, and stood behind her early nineties Cannondale turned Xtracycle.

Originally from Oregon, Mary-Beth had lived in Hawaii off and on for a couple years and practices massage and yoga wherever her travels take her. On her most recent trip back to the mainland, she found out about Xtracycle and snagged a FreeRadical Kit. She dug her Cannondale out of storage, had a local bike shop install it and shipped it out to Kona.

Now, Mary-Beth carries all of her belongings and camping gear with her as she explores the Big Island, enjoying her every day adventures in our southern-most state. Am I jealous, only slightly. :)

Hope your 2009 is divine. We are looking forward to sharing all of its excitement with you! Peace, Rick