Last summer, my partner Elene and I decided to ride towards Georgian west-side on our Piaggio. We made Elene's grandparents' Gurian home ours for the summer, where we observed the couple carry out traditions of harvest that count decades. We watched local kids of port city Poti defeat the summer heat by having a diving competition in the city's "Golden Lake". We strolled along the west coast, witnessing life with sand stuck between our fingernails.