This weekend I camped at Madison Junction in Yellowstone — Friday until yesterday. No, we didn’t get rained out but had a snowstorm while cooking dinner Sunday night. On Saturday, a group of people camped next to us, riding in on bikes and settling up a camp of a few tents and wind shelters. One of the group, Charlie Kain, came over to visit after we started asking about biking through Yellowstone.

What we learned is that they are the Cultural Recyclists. They left Delaware on June 7th and are cycling across America. As Charlie explained, and how it is defined on their website, they are biking across American to “learn, explore, and share experiences about transitioning towards logical and sustainable lifestyles and society.” They have experienced amazing kindness and generosity from people, and have gone to extremes to find food by dumpster diving. Every day is something new for them and they are never 100% sure where their next meal will come from (yes, we shared some of our food with them).