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Leopold to Alton; Distance = 12 Miles; People Met = 3+ We arrived at Perry Central School at 8:30 to be ready to present during second period, starting at 8:50. Our first stop was at Kurt Cooper’s classroom, where we … Continue reading
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French Ridge Road to Leopold; Distance = 5 Miles; People Met = 10+ As we neared Leopold in the morning Dennis Matz stopped by us in his truck, offering to carry our packs up the last hill into town. We … Continue reading
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Fulda to French Ridge Road; Distance = 9 Miles; People Met = 11+ Back near Kansas City Ardie and Gretchen Davis advised me to focus on speaking at high schools and colleges when the hike is over. Getting a chance … Continue reading
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Old Route 231 to Fulda; Distance = 15 Miles; People Met = 13+ We walked through the neighboring Lincoln National Park and the town of Santa Claus. Considering that Santa Claus also features the Holiday World amusement park, they have … Continue reading
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People Met = 8 After we finished off hiking yesterday we were brought to the St. Peters United Church of Christ in Lamar where I gave a talk to the Young Disciples program I had there. Little did any of … Continue reading
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Boonville to Old Route 231; Distance = 16 Miles; People Met = 16+ We started the day hiking on Rudolph Road near Boonville. In a short while we were hailed from a tractor store by Glen Rudolph, whose family owned … Continue reading
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Newburgh to Boonville; Distance = 15 Miles; People Met = 9+ The first person we met today was Pastor Paul Cavender of the New Faith Fellowship Church north of Newburgh. He was coming out of Chiropractor’s office as we were … Continue reading
Our fifteen miles of fame (and more, now) is due to media coverage we received in Evansville. Jesse Rininger, a young intern for the Evansville Courier Press and Tabnie Dozier, a young reporter for ABC affiliate WEHT 7, did terrific … Continue reading
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Evansville to Newburgh; Distance = 15 Miles; People Met = 22+ The first person we ran into today was Joe, walking his bicycle up Broadway Avenue from the opposite side we were walking down. He began telling us his life … Continue reading
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Mt. Vernon to Evansville; Distance = 15 Miles; People Met = 14+ Our hike out of Mt. Vernon proved less than promising at the start. Cindy has a cold which she blames on me simply because I caught one first. … Continue reading
