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Day 287 – 3/6/12 – Scholarship Fund

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Waverly to Londonderry; Distance = 17 Miles; People Met = 3 At the end of the day we stayed at a United Methodist Church outside of Londonderry, thanks to our contact Sharon.  In addition to working hard to get approval … Continue reading

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Days 284-285 – 3/3-4/12 – Bristol Village

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Morgantown to Waverly; Distance = 15 Miles; People Met = 5 The “People Met” total is misleading because the people we met at Bristol Village was counted towards the previous post.  Last night we went to a potluck for this … Continue reading

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Day 284 – 3/3/12 – Pray for Henryville

Sinking Spring to Morgantown; Distance = 17 Miles; People Met = 11+ The day started with a men’s breakfast at Sinking Spring United Methodist Community Church and ended with a potluck dinner at the Bristol Village retirement community.  We met … Continue reading

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Day 282-283 – 3/1-2/12 – Sinking Spring Folks

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Peebles to Sinking Spring; Distance = 16 Miles; People Met = 10 This day featured the Serpent Mound, the largest Native American built mound in the country at 1300 feet.  The head of the serpent aligns with the winter solstice … Continue reading

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Days 278-281 – 2/26-29/12 – Less Than Three Months

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Route 125 to Peebles; Distance = 31 Miles; People Met = 8+ The previous post was entered before we met the Scheffler family at the Shawnee Lodge.  They were playing a board game together and having a lot of fun.  … Continue reading

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Day 276-278 – 2/24-26/12 – Cold Spell

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Bentonville to Route 125; Distance = 40 Miles; People Met = 8 Over this stretch the temperature was below freezing more often than above, including all of day 277.  That was not as much of problem as barking dogs.  They … Continue reading

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Day 275 – 2/23/12 – Kindness Remains

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Russellville to Bentonville; Distance = 17 Miles; People Met = 4 We spent the evening with someone whose mom has Alzheimer’s.  Having taken care of a mom with Alzheimer’s as well we were reluctant to go at first, fearing it … Continue reading

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Days 273-274 – 2/21-22/12 – Church Attrition (poignant)

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Williamsburg to Russellville; Distance = 30 Miles; People Met = 8 We met a very kind man in Russellville, a faith-based version of John Nicholas.  Jim Potts is one of the elders for the Russellville United Methodist Church where we … Continue reading

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Day 272 – 2/20/12 – Buckeye Trail

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Bethel to Williamsburg; Distance = 12 Miles; People Met = 7 Since we had plenty of time ahead of us to make 12 miles we started the day off with a breakfast buffet at a Frisch restaurant in Bethel, a … Continue reading

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Day 270-271 – 2/18-19/12 – Batavia, Ohio

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Milford to Batavia; Distance = 22 miles; People met = 11+ We began the day getting to know our hosts Kara and Joyce a little better.  Joyce showed us pictures of her dogs, family, rafting trip and former home in … Continue reading

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