Hayden,
Colorado
Others Have Done It
I’ve
known that I am not the only one who has walked or is walking across the U.S.,
that others out there have pushed causes like myself. Toby Shaw from Denver,
Colorado, sent me an article about a fellow who trekked and made it to Kansas
City after four months on the road. He concluded his walk in 2015. Erick Brown
is his name and he was spreading peace and love, accompanied by his goat named
Deer; he was on his feet and his pet was on his hooves.
Another
walker, Steve Wescott, started his walk in Seattle in 2012 with his first goat,
Leroy Brown—until Leroy died—and then his second goat, Miles, with whom he made
it to Times Square after several years. They were raising money for an
orphanage in Kenya. Steve said sometimes they only walked four miles a day.
Meanwhile,
progress is being made with my walk, albeit goat-less. I think it would be safe
to say, we are approaching two-thirds of the way across the U.S. as we get
nearer to the Utah border.
Each
day, I note the mileage marker, and Marshall, who does most of the navigation
and driving, jumps ahead at three miles, so after an hour, we meet. At other
times, errands have to be run and in those circumstances, I’m on the road,
seemingly alone, for hours. Actually, I’m never really by myself. There are
enough motorists who greet me with a smile or wave a hand, and now that the
weather is fine, people are out and about offering their thumbs up.
It always
excites me when a journalist like Audrey Dwyer of “Steamboat Today” out of
Steamboat Springs, famous for its hot springs and skiing, and Sasha Nelson from
the “Craig Daily Press” from the city of Craig—home of the “Whittle the Wood
Rendevouz” happening this weekend—come out to ask questions.
One,
or maybe two, of my pet peeves along the road are trash, especially broken beer
bottles, as well as roadkill. Today, it was dead snakes.
A
question I asked the boys, as our day ended, was, “What are your realizations
about the Creator today?”
Answers
were: “Conquered by Love.” “Reciprocities.” “Is multi-dimensional?”
May
the Source be with you!
22
miles
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