Once again, Hwa Won and I met at that library. I was horribly
sweaty from riding my bike and apologized for my appearance. Hwa Won said she
didn’t think it was bad at all and understood because her husband is an avid
bike rider.
She told me that he rides the St. Mark’s Trail multiple times a week,
sometimes even twice in a day! Hwa Won biked with him once on the new tricycle
they bought. She went about halfway before she turned around and went back. I know
what it’s like. The full round trip of the trail is 32 miles, and I’ve biked it
before. The trail itself is beautiful, however it’s definitely a long ride.
The conversation then transitioned into traveling, and I asked Hwa Won
where she had been in the United States. She’s traveled to a number of
different states as well as lived in a few them. However we mostly spent time
talking about road trips. Hwa Won and her family often visit Busch Gardens and
have even driven down to Key West. However, her most impressive road trip was
to San Francisco with her family. They made a number of pit stops along the
way, even seeing some national parks. I asked her if she had been to
Yellowstone, but she said they skipped that portion of the trip because she was
exhausted.
Yellowstone reminded me of the trip my family took when I was 9 years.
It lasted 3 months. We left the day school ended and came back the day before
it started, driving and camping around the entire United States. It was a crazy
trip, and Hwa Won could not believe that my mother could go on a road trip for
so long with her sister and kids. I’m amazed too, thinking back. No wonder my
mother and aunt didn’t want to talk to each other much for the next few months
of that year.
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