In focusing on Trail Angel Day a couple of posts back I skipped over our first real Trail Angels in Nevada, Matt and Miriam from Switzerland. We met them at a very opportune time. There would be hotter days than … Continue reading
Category Archives: American Discovery Trail
The Kindness of Ted
The American Discovery Trail have state coordinators that overlook their section of trail, lobbying to get things done for the ADT within their states, publicizing the value of the ADT and lending a helping hand to those hiking the trail. … Continue reading
The Kindness of Angie
Despite our good fortune on Trail Angel Day, we encountered very few people in Nevada. We did go through some ranch lands, which led to our encounter with Angie. I was still feeling the effects of an intestinal virus; when … Continue reading
Trail Angel Day
When I give talks about our ADT Journey I usually mention something about Trail Angel Day, what we named the day where we received the greatest number of separate acts of kindness. Ironically, this day came along one of the … Continue reading
The Kindness of Mary
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Sometimes kindness can be expected, such as when a church community would host us. Sometimes kindness comes out of nowhere, such as when a passerby stops with a wonderful gesture. Occasionally, an unexpected sequence of events leads to what might … Continue reading
The Kindness of Roger
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The Perry and the Sinclair families grew up in Norfolk together. Bill Perry is closer in age to my brothers, but in recent years when he came back to visit Norfolk we often got together over our common interest in … Continue reading
The Kindness of Teri
Coming into San Francisco we had a Lions Club speaking engagement lined up, but no place to stay. Our route brought us by the Parkside Community Church and I suggested to Ky at the end of the day that might … Continue reading
The Kindness of Carlos
Time to continue along with the kindness and community posts. Going from West to East along the American Discovery Trail journey the next kind person encountered was Carlos de la Fuente near Auburn, California. We met each other hiking along … Continue reading
The Other Reason
This blog got its beginnings when my wife and I walked 5,000 mile walk across the country. Until now, readers of this blog have heard only my reason for such a journey. Recent events dictate that the time has come … Continue reading
The Community of Locke
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The kindness we received at Antioch were disconnected acts from each other. Our next stop at Locke would enfold us into a community of kindness. To get there we put in a 32 mile day, our longest for the entire … Continue reading