The Kindness of Strangers – A Thank You Post – Part 1

Our travels so far have been quite the adventure as you would have read, but we couldn’t have gotten this far without the help of family, friends and the kindness of strangers. Trusting in the kindness of strangers has been an important lesson in our travels, so much so that we want to ensure that we remember those who have helped us in their own way, this is part 1 of our Thank You’s.


“The kindness of strangers imparts a valuable life lesson, guiding us to trust the journey, find solace in the assurance that we are never truly alone, and motivating us to persevere.”


Person / PeopleAct of Kindness
Mac and VivianA Marine Major and wife who were friendly and chatty and surprised us by leaving us a kind note and some money on our track for our adventures.
Susie and familyFor providing us all we need to know about traveling in Alaska.
Alex and familyFor letting their daughter Eva run and run and run with Tilly (Eva can run!) and providing us advice for travel to Montana.
The Ladies in the black carThank you for pulling us over and staying with us to tell us that our insulation was flying out.
The WorkerWho lent us his impact driver when we had a tire blowout.
The MeyersWho welcomed us as family and allowed us to live our California dream.
The Redwoods RV hostDuring our ‘Axe-ident’ they looked after our RV whilst we got fixed up and then also gave Tilly a toy Banana Slug to make her feel better.
RV Family 1Thank you to the family who gave us their superglue to help fix our fridge door which just fell off.
The HarringtonsFor their wonderful hospitality and friendship.
The English Guy and his WifeFor yelling at us for driving past his RV to fast and kicking the dust up. Not really a Thank you but an acknowledgement.
Harvest Host AnnFor walking us around her Ranch and letting Tilly ride and look after Rain.
Harvest Host Museum LadyHinting to us that a few spots had access to electrical even though we weren’t supposed to, saved us boiling in our beds.
The Canadian CoupleThe couple who signaled for us to pull over just to say they admired us for being so far away from home and doing what we are doing
Josh and KimFor being wonderful neighbors, teaching us the Canadian ways and letting Tilly play with Summer for three days straight
The Old Man crossing the roadWho when asked if he needed help crossing the road said ‘that he was beyond help’ and will ‘just keep moving’. More of a memorable moment.
The Homestead Museum HostsWho told everyone we were the brave travelers and were incredibly kind in letting the girls run somewhat rampant around their land