Category Archives: Love Kindness

Loving kindness results from our natural empathy for others, benefiting both brain health and society when converted into action.

Days 139-141 – 10/10-12/11 – Bungees and Bananas (much content)

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Canon City to Pueblo; Distance = 38 Miles; People Met = 17+ Our route from Canon City to Pueblo involved all road walking.  A common sight along the side of all paved roads we have traveled are bungee cords; most … Continue reading

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Day 138 – 10/9/11 – The Shelf Road

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Distance = 26 Miles; People Met = 3; Pictures to be added We received another couple inches of snow overnight.  Early in the morning, before dawn, we headed up to Bronco Billy’s for one more 49 cent breakfast.  Janie the … Continue reading

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Day 134 – 10/5/11 – Green Mountain Falls

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Woodland Park to Green Mountain Falls; Distance = 6 Miles; People Met = 3 Our host and ADT coordinator Dick Bratton dropped us off at Woodland Park and we slack packed from there to his home town of Green Mountain … Continue reading

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Day 129 – 9/30/11 – Dick Bratton

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People Met = 4 Ever since our delightful encounter Ted Oxborrow, the ADT coordinator for Nevada, we have been looking forward to meeting the Colorado coordinator and main PR person for the ADT, Dick Bratton.  When we arrived at Woodland … Continue reading

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Day 127 – 9/28/11 Indian Creek CG to Deckers

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Distance = 17 Miles; People Met = 10 Early on in the day I turned on CR 67 by mistake.  Or was it?  There was a question of water for the route we intended and my left foot was in … Continue reading

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Day 126 – 9/27/11 Chatfield Lake to Indian Creek CG

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Distance = 18 Miles; People Met = 2 Have you ever gone to a movie when it first came out, knowing nothing about it at all, only to discover a new blockbuster?  That was my experience when I first saw … Continue reading

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Day 112 – 9/13/11 Leadville to BLM CG on CO 91

Distance = 6 Miles; People Met = 3 Before we left Leadville we had the opportunity to partake in a community meal at St. George Episcopal Church.  We then sat down with Ali Lufkin, Lynnette Coffey and Mayor Bud Elliott … Continue reading

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Day 111 – 9/12/11 Leadville Rest Day

People Met = 2 A lot happened for only meeting 2 people on a rest day.  We spent the night at a house owned by John Nicholas.  John left his heating and air conditioning business near the front range in … Continue reading

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Day 109-110 – 9/10-11/11 Graham Gulch to Leadville

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Distance = 36 Miles; People Met = 27 What a difference a day makes!  We stopped short at Graham Gulch because the cross-country work at the end of the day was too exhausting, with knee shocking descents and bushwhacking through … Continue reading

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Day 103 – 9/4/11 Marble to Emerald Lake

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Distance = 11 Miles; People Met = 14 For those folks I suggested to look at Days 102 and 103, should have said 101 (Redstone) and 102 …. but this is a good post as well. On this Labor Day … Continue reading

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