Tag Archives: Believe in Humanity

My New Ten Year’s Resolution

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Humanity Hiker

Near the end of the American Discovery Trail hike I created a song about the kindness we experienced across the country. After the journey was over I composed guitar music to accompany some of my landscape photos along the way. … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 2023

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Humanity Hiker

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!

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

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

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

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 38

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

During this stretch trail angels offered us kindness in a variety of ways; our response varied as well.  On the first day we stopped at a store in a small hamlet and asked the proprietor if he had a bathroom … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 35

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Humanity Hiker

The “trail” for this week was all roads, from Shawneetown, Illinois to Newburgh, Indiana.  We encountered scenic moments when our route came next to the Ohio River in Evansville and Newburgh, but otherwise the only memorable part of the “trail” … Continue reading →

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The ADT Journey – Week 28

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Humanity Hiker

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 26

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Humanity Hiker

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 Humanity Hiker

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 24

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Humanity Hiker

The week started with a rest day in Cimarron to wait out a snowstorm.  We stayed at the Cimarron Hotel, the same place where the original team that mapped out the ADT stayed to also wait out a wintry storm.  … Continue reading →

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