Category Archives: Alzheimer’s Love Story

The ADT Journey – Week 30

Posted on January 10, 2022 by admin

The pastor of the UCC in Boonville, Julia Fiocco, and her husband Larry Jones hosted us at the start of this stretch.  While our presence midweek prevented us from attending a service, the Advent season found us participating in a … Continue reading →

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Year 2021 Recap

Posted on January 3, 2022 by admin

Last June I started weekly reviews of what happened ten years ago, when Cindy and I walked across the country.  With Cindy going on her third year of hospice there was little new going on in the present, while the … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 29

Posted on December 31, 2021 by admin

As soon as we entered Missouri the terrain felt more like back home.  The hills became a little more rolling, the riverbanks a little more chiseled and the trees thick enough to be called a forest.  No one would mistake … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 28

Posted on December 26, 2021 by admin

Back when we first entered Kansas, Gretchen Davis sent us an itinerary of speaking engagements and people hosting us for the days we would spend around Kansas City.  We met Gretchen and her husband Ardie in Frisco, Colorado because of … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 27

Posted on December 17, 2021 by admin

For the long distance hikes lasting that long, Thanksgiving always treated me spectacularly. In 1977 few people had yet to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, with our group of four being among the first one hundred.  The number finishing at … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 26

Posted on December 10, 2021 by admin

From our perspective Kansas can be divided in halves with McPherson serving as the point of delineation.  Flat plains, sparse natural vegetation and frequent cloudless skies characterized southwest Kansas; “rolling hills,” some natural vegetation and cloudy skies outnumbering cloudless skies … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 25

Posted on December 3, 2021 by admin

We entered Kansas from the southwest corner and would be departing through Kansas City, near the northeast corner.  Since much of Kansas originally was partitioned into square tracts of farmland, this meant a zigzag pattern of hiking east and north … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 23

Posted on November 24, 2021 by admin

A passing motorist stopped to warn us about a coming storm, in defiance of the red sky that greeted our first evening in Kansas, allegedly an indicator of “sailor’s delight” and good weather.  Dusk found us chatting with a rancher … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 21

Posted on November 16, 2021 by admin

We took a rest day in Pueblo.  I had hoped to present at a college in the city and get publicity from the local news sources, but neither happened.  Instead, the tone for what would happen during our journey across … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 20

Posted on November 6, 2021 by admin

On our first day back from Denver I scouted trails for us to go up and over Pikes Peak, but I could not find a practical route that would land us near Cripple Creek. We would either be doubling back … Continue reading →

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