We are on the WS list and have hosted some tourists. We enjoyed it immensely. Two years ago we had a couple of young women from the east coast stay with us for 2 nights. My SO enjoyed tuning up their bikes.

We have also hosted tourists that we happened to meet when they came through town.

Also two years ago we ran into a gentleman from NZ who was in the US with his mtn/touring bike. He was doing Ride the Rockies (it was starting in our town that year) and then touring on his own. It was so wonderful to meet Roger and we still exchange emails with him sometimes.

Just last weekend we were at the library and found a couple of young women who were touring through. We invited them to stay with us. They stayed two nights. John tuned up their bikes. We had a canyon hike planned and we took them along and they enjoyed it. Their blog is here: http://appetiteforadventures.com/