Nancy Sathre-Vogel

Well, I've finished the first book of the year, and it was a good one :-)

I was first introduced to the Vogel family when I found their blog where Nancy chronicled their two-and-a-half-year bike ride from Alaska to Argentina. I was completely blown away by their adventures, so when I discovered she was writing a book about their earlier one-year bike ride around the US and Mexico, I knew I had to read it.

And it didn't let me down. The magic that made me fall in love with the blog is in the book as well, and I finished it in one day. It really gets my wanderlust boiling even if I know I could never take a year out of my calendar the way they did, but reading about their experiences, all the "Angels of the Road" they met... it's the kind of thing that restores my faith in humanity and I loved living vicariously through them.… (mehr)