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Trip Log – Day 389 – Panama City FL to Apalachicola FL

December 12, 2016 – Everything but snow, 70 degrees Miles Today: 62 Miles to Date: 20,338 States to Date: 48  Woke before dawn and gulped Adam’s instant coffee before heading out at first light to get to Apalachicola by two … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 385 – Selma AL to Montgomery AL

December 8, 2016 – Cloudy, 50 degrees Miles Today: 69 Miles to Date: 20,054 States to Date: 47            In 1964, on the steps of the Alabama State Capital, where segregationist George Wallace served as governor, … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 370 – Bentonville AR to Fayetteville AR

November 20, 2016 – Sunny, 50 degrees Miles Today: 36 Miles to Date: 19,103 States to Date: 47  Happiness is all about underplaying expectations. Thirty-six miles on a gorgeous day along the Razorback Greenway all the way to Fayetteville: what … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Kerry Regan and Frank Bouchard, Manhattan, KS

Sometimes you meet folks and you can’t stop talking. I arrived at Frank’s after six. We chatted about our times in Haiti, his world travels and work as an environmental monitor for NEON (National Environmental Observation Network, which will collect … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Rick Erwin, City Museum, Saint Louis, MO

“If you build it, they will come.” That paraphrase of the voice Kevin Costner heard in his Field of Dreams more than twenty-five years ago has become the mantra of great development successes, and the bane of endeavors gone bust. … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 331 – Pueblo CO

October 1, 2016 – Sun, 80 degrees Miles Today: 15 Miles to Date: 17,207 States to Date: 45 When I began my journey last May I targeted a visit to each of my twelve nieces and nephews. At the time, … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Deb Younger, Charleston SC

Deb Younger lives up to her name. Age is irrelevant in her approach to life. For years, Deb travelled the world. Then she became interested in health and medicine. She got a nursing degree in New York, became a PA … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Debra, Server at Michie Tavern, Charlottesville VA

In 1927, after a century as a public house and almost as long in disrepair, Mrs. Mark Henderson, a local businesswoman purchased Michie Tavern and, in a stroke of genius, moved the historic structure downhill from Monticello four years after … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Gary Hill, Harpers Ferry WV

I’ve logged over a thousand miles on the second phase of my trip, and one aspect of my journey that has changed can be summed up in two words: Donald Trump. Whether people love him, despise him or fear him, … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Victor Dzidzienyo, Bradford C. Grant, and Sylvia Robinson, Howard University, Washington DC

Victor Dzidzienyo, Associate Professor of Howard University’s School of Architecture emigrated from Ghana to study here. He completed graduate work at Howard and has taught at the School of Architecture, under numerous academic titles, for forty years. He worked with … Continue reading

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