Monthly Archives: October 2016

Profile Response: Jim Douglass, Birmingham, AL

Posted on October 10, 2016 by paulefallon

Jim Douglass and his wife Shelly came to Birmingham 27 years ago to watch for a train that never came. They are non-violent activists for peace, married 45 years, devotees of Dorothy Day who live according to the three precepts … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 336 – Taos NM to Ghost Ranch NM

Posted on October 9, 2016 by paulefallon

October 6, 2016 – Sun, 70 degrees Miles Today: 73 Miles to Date: 17,472 States to Date: 45 When Google informed me I had 73 miles and a half-mile of vertical rise and fall, it did not convey the beauty … Continue reading →

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Responses: How will we live tomorrow?

Posted on October 9, 2016 by paulefallon

How will we live tomorrow? “Maybe our dreams will give us a clue.” Bryant, seven year old, St. Charles, MO How will we live tomorrow? “Hopefully with a clutch in my car.” Curtis, broken car owner, O’Fallon, MO How will … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 335 – Arroyo Seco NM to Taos NM

Posted on October 8, 2016 by paulefallon

October 5, 2016 – Sun, 70 degrees Miles Today: 22 Miles to Date: 17,399 States to Date: 45 When I arrived at Taos Pueblo before 10:00 a.m. stocky guys in orange vests were directing cars to dusty parking lots. One … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 334 – San Luis CO to Arroyo Seco NM

Posted on October 7, 2016 by paulefallon

October 4, 2016 – Sun, 75 degrees Miles Today: 84 Miles to Date: 17,377 States to Date: 45 Thirty-four degrees at 7:30 a.m. and the world stood still as a Watteau painting. I dug my thermal and windbreaker and heavy … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Nicole Herzog, Education Director, Sloss Furnaces Birmingham, AL

Posted on October 7, 2016 by paulefallon

Birmingham has long been known as “Pittsburgh of the South.” All of the materials required to make iron are abundant within thirty miles. Unlike Pittsburgh, there are no major rivers. So Birmingham’s industrial might depended on the arrival of the … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 333 – Walsenburg CO to San Luis CO

Posted on October 6, 2016 by paulefallon

October 3, 2016 – Sun, 70 degrees Miles Today: 29 Miles to Date: 17,293 States to Date: 45   One look outside my motel room in Walsenburg told me things had changed. Yesterday’s gentle stir of the trees had become … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Scott Myers, Executive Director, Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Birmingham, AL

Posted on October 6, 2016 by paulefallon

Joe Louis, Bart Starr, Joe Namath, Donald Hutson, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Carl Lewis, Mia Hamm. All sports legends born or made great in Alabama. Not to mention the equally famous coaches, Bear Bryant, or John William Heisman, father of … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 332 – Pueblo CO to Walsenburg CO

Posted on October 5, 2016 by paulefallon

October 2, 2016 – Sun and clouds, 75 degrees Miles Today: 57 Miles to Date: 17,264 States to Date: 45 I woke this morning to rosy pink light highlighting the stucco surfaces of the houses in the new subdivision north … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Randy Gorman, Mountain Brook, AL

Posted on October 5, 2016 by paulefallon

If I loaded all the books Randy Gorman recommended for me to read in my saddlebags, they would probably slow me down a full mile per hour. Randy is an upbeat guy with a can-do attitude and a trove of … Continue reading →

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