photo by Anthony Bellemare . interview by Kelly Drake

Names: Kit Solowy and Toni Craige
Age: both 23

So what are you doing in Asheville? We’re just in town for a while, riding across North Carolina from Murphy to Manteo.

What would ever make you do that? Toni was inspired by a trip she took last summer. She is from North Carolina, and I’m from Michigan. We met up there. She decided to take the trip because you can live someplace all your life and never really see it. I just like to say yes to things.

What has surprised you most so far? How generous people are. We’re not camping at campgrounds. We’re camping in people’s yards. We just knock on the door of a place that looks pretty nice—maybe they have a nice garden or something. People we don’t even know have invited us in to dinner and let us take a shower.

And you play the ukulele? Yes, Toni plays and carries it with her on her bike.