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Cindy trusts me. One touching, memorable moment when we were hiking the American Discovery Trail provides proof of this. I messed up as navigator by taking a wrong turn onto a jeep road, high up along the Carson Range in … Continue reading
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On a recent morning during breakfast the song “Ruby Jean and Billie Lee” by Seals and Croft came up on the iPod. This song sometimes moved me to tears when I listened to this same iPod in our tent on … Continue reading
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Cindy and I are continuing our couch potato roles with the new season of our favorite television shows upon us. One of those shows is NCIS. The season opener featured Agent Gibbs flirting with death on the operating table. He … Continue reading
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Once autumn approaches I know that every morning the last piece of clothing I will put on Cindy is a green fleece jacket. Just mentioning the jacket brings the same kind of smile as mentioning chocolate, as if the jacket … Continue reading
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When we left the house for our walk there were dark clouds on the horizon, the intermittent kind that threatens a cloudburst of short duration. Given that possibility, to many folks we left the house grossly unprepared, with no raincoat … Continue reading
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If you have followed this blog for awhile you have seen photos of many bright smiles from Cindy. I have bountiful material from the American Discovery and Pacific Crest Trails from which to choose these smiles, yet you don’t get … Continue reading
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Our favorite walk in Norfolk is about 4 miles long. Starting from our home near the village center we do a loop towards the east and back, up Laurel Way and back on Greenwoods Road, then a loop towards the … Continue reading
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During our 5,000 mile, year long walk across the country along the American Discovery Trail we were invited to stay in the home of a Cooperative Extension professor working for Kansas State University. Her main focus was the bridging of … Continue reading
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As we sat together at the breakfast table Cindy had one of her patented, glowing smiles. Wanting to milk her good mood further, I brought out a frequently used line I typically use for her more somber moods: “Have I … Continue reading
While at the University of Maryland I gave a presentation about our American Discovery Trail journey to the School of Public Health. That presentation was videotaped and a link to the video subsequently provided. There are three parts to the … Continue reading
