I thought of you Pardes today as I was passing by a goup of young girls setting up an iced tea/lemonaid stand. I turned around and went back to purchase tea vs. going to the convenient store up the road to get more drink for the remainder of the ride. The girls were charming. Mom sat up on the porch. I purchased 2 iced teas for my bottle and 2 cookies (1 PB and the other a Cho.chip). The young girls were full of questions..first was- "where are the rest of your friends?" explained I was by myself..and they really came out of their shell, they touched the bike, asked all the questions and mom sat up on the porch smiling as she talked on her cell phone. The cookies were great, almost wished I would've purchased extra and went back later. I can not complain that the tea jug wasn't clean, my tea tasted just like soap. I managed-barely- to drink it for the remainder of my journey. But the girls were priceless.