Category Archives: Believe in Humanity

Happy New Year 2023

In 2022 I blogged about our 2011-2012 walk across the country again, this time sharing the adventure while acknowledging Cindy’s cognitive decline as a motivating factor for the journey.  That ended in June and I submitted less than a handful … Continue reading

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Coverage at Last!

This blog began with our walk across the country from 2011-2012, revisiting that journey again last year.  In between I reported on our hike of the PCT and how Cindy and I have done our best to live well despite … Continue reading

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The ADT Journey – Final Days

We hung around the Housatonic Valley Association’s office long enough to greet the staff when they came into work.  They gave us each a new HVA cap, prompted to do so by the condition of my current HVA cap from … Continue reading

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The ADT Journey – Week 52

Week 52 will be my second to last post reliving our walk across the country from ten years ago.  The final two days will be posted shortly after May 24, the tenth anniversary of when we finished the hike and … Continue reading

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The ADT Journey – Week 51

With the finish line in sight, our pace picked up through New Jersey.  As this was not part of any official route we chose whatever local and state roads provided the most direct route.  We encountered a diversity of people … Continue reading

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The ADT Journey – Week 50

What I remember most about the day we finished the ADT portion of our journey was working out the lyrics for the song I composed in my head back in Ohio, the song about kindness.  I came up with lyrics … Continue reading

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The ADT Journey – Week 49

Throughout our ADT journey we encountered a variety of sleeping arrangements.  Most often we slept outdoors, due mainly to the western, wilderness portion of the route.  Sleeping on church floors was not far behind, due to the wintry, heartland.  Much … Continue reading

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American Discovery Symphony, May 24, 8:00 pm

On Tuesday evening, May 24, 8:00 pm, the American Discovery Symphony will premiere with a full orchestra at the Music Shed, on the Yale Summer School of Music campus in Norfolk, Connecticut. The symphony synchronizes five movements of music with … Continue reading

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The ADT Journey – Week 47

The C&O Canal started in the mid-nineteenth century as a towpath along the Potomac River, using a series of 74 locks to shepherd boats over difficult stretches.  Now a trail shepherds hikers and bicyclists over the same route, through a … Continue reading

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The ADT Journey – Week 45

From Grafton we went to stay with Gwen Jones, a close friend from our long distance hiking days, and her husband Ted McMahon.  Though she lived in Connecticut when we met and hiked with Gwen, she had since moved to … Continue reading

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