ADT Journey
Below is the route we followed along the American Discovery Trail for our 5,000 mile, year long walk across the country, raising awareness for the virtues of kindness, community and humanity along the way. You can search the blog for posts about the journey (try Day 001 up to Day 366). You can also check out the photos on the Hiking Humanitarian fan page, for documentation of the journey.
Day 344 5–2–12 Cape Henlopen, Delaware
Kirk and Cindy,
Looking forward to your coming East! My husband and I are available to help fro the Bay Bridge to Cape Henlopen. Our house is open with sofa beds and hot showers if you wish a warm welcome and a hot meal. Be fore-warned of three kids who LOVE to meet hikers and a happy dog and 3 cats. If you have no alllergies, please join us and add to our list of hikers we have hosted. It is the most amazing thing to get to know you folks and hear of the great adventures! Happy trails and healthy feet! Will keep checking your progress on website. Be safe.
Serinda
Greetings Serinda,
Many thanks for your generous offer. We’ll be sure to be in touch a year from now!
Kirk
Hello Serinda, my roommate and I are planing to hike the entire trail in 10 months. I’ll be sure to get you information before we set off! Thank you 🙂
Hi there kirk and cindy,we hope everything is going well,I bet you dont miss the dogs barking up a storm as you pass by our house,but they will be there when you get home lol.Its going to be a hot day today in norfolk,I hope your staying cool where you are.All the best in your adventures,We will check in as you go along.Tina and Jon.
LOL. The dogs have been pretty good along the route, though one night while camped in a backyard a dog went crazy at 5:00 a.m. The owner came out and kept saying “It’s just a tent, Max, it’s just a tent!”
Hi Cindy and Kirk, Hope you are enjoying your journey. I’m following along and Cindy, I’ll keep the folks at work updated! Anne
Thank you, Anne. We’re meeting some great folks along the way.
Thanks Anne, as you can see, I do not check my Email ofter,I will have to work on that. Please tell Carol Hi from me & I look forward to seeing everyone when we get home
Hi Kirk, Cindy and Ky, I think of you so often and am glad to read reports of the kind people you’ve encountered and good conversations. We’re winding up the “official” portion of our church year. We miss your voice in choir, Kirk, but soon the choir loft will be empty. Enjoy the scenery, the birds and each other! Love to you all.
Thanks, Liz. Yesterday I sang to the wildlife.
Kirk & Cindy,
It is great what you guys are doing!! I am planning on going from East to West next year on the southern route to set a record for the fastest hike of the ADT and to raise money and awareness for Lupus and The Wounded Warrior Project. Are you two taking the southern or northern route??
Your friend,
Aaron
Greetings Aaron,
Good luck with your ADT plans. I know the current record is held by Brian Stark. We’re going the southern route.
Kirk
Hi Cindy and Kirk,
How exciting to follow you albeit in the comfort of my home. You are true adventure heros. Carol
Thanks, Carol. Sometimes we wish we were in the comforts of a home as well. lol
Hi Carol,I hope all is well. We are getting closer to the end of our trip.I think about home more, though I still enjoy each day of the trip. Hope to see you on May 24 in Norfolk!
You are living my dream !! someday I will do this Trail. until then, I am having so much fun following you both, and all the people you meet…Safe Journeys
Thanks, Jackie. As you have noted we can only get to the web periodically. Many thanks for your interest and I hope I can be of assistance when the time comes for your journey.
Kirk
Hi Kirk and Cindy,
I enjoyed reading about your journey. I am Reid, a friend of Gretchen Davis (she is in Kansas City) whom I believe you have been in touch with. My girlfriend, Heather, and I live in a house in Lawrence, Kansas, and would be happy to host you that evening in Lawrence. I believe you’re planning to be here the 29th of this month. We have a spare bedroom for you.
Let me know if we can help you in this. Thanks.
Reid Nelson (785-842-3680) reid451@yahoo.com
Thanks for your kind offer. You’ve got mail!
Greetings, Kirk, Cindy and Ky – What an amazing set of stories we keep hearing back here at “home” in Norfolk, CT. It is so good to know you’re connecting with many wonderful, generous people – including folks at churches in the Methodist, UCC, and other traditions. Of course, it was an absolute delight to see you guys if even only briefly a bit ago! Please let me know directly what particular needs you may have as the journey continues. We wish you safety, health, happiness, and God’s deep blessings upon you as you continue this beautiful work.
Peace and love,
Erick
Thanks for following along Erick!
Kirk & Cindy!
This is awesome! Do you have plans at Northern Kentucky University yet? Is it too late to set something up for a visit?
859-572-7562 is the office phone.
God bless you, both!
Jeff Iker
Coordinator of New Student Orientation
Thanks for getting in touch with us Jeff. Would love to give a presentation at NKU. I’ll be sending you an email.
Kirk
thanks for coming to henryville. i miss you guyes. it was nice to meet you. Thanks for talking at my school to key club i belong in that group too. I will post that video of me on your facebook page.
I’ll look forward to the video.
Kirk
I put my video on your hiking humanitarian facebook page. So hope you like it. i miss you
Way to go!
Greetings Ed,
Unless this is some extraordinary coincidence, you must be the Ed Chasteen we’ve been told about, i.e., the person behind Hate Busters. Way to go back at you!
Kirk
Nice to meet you. I should’ve had you come to give a speech at my school in chillicothe, ohio
Dennis Foreman
Guy with a beard you met outside the Kroger’s Grocery Store
Zane Trace Middle School
614.937.5940
Greetings Dennis,
It was a pleasure chatting with you. We will be crossing US 50 near Chilicothe on Tuesday. If you can arrange for a talk then I can have Ky meet us to bring us over. My cell is 860-309-3063.
Kirk
Kirk and Cindy, I cannot find an email address for you, so I hope I find you this way. My son, Andrew Forsthoefel at http://www.walkingtolisten.com left our backyard on Oct 14, 2011 and is now nearing the NM border. A friend of mine who is tracking Andrew’s blog brought me the article written about you both. I am sending the article to Andrew and hope that we all might meet one day. I know he has greatly enjoyed meeting what he now calls, ‘my colleagues’ on the road. He has met a hand-full of fellow heart-filled walkers along his route. Thank you for your journey…
Greetings Therese,
I checked out your son’s blog. He definitely has a flair for words. Something I have found, indeed was assured of before we even began this current journey, is that all travelers experience great kindness.
Kirk