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Day 181 – 11/21/11 – White Memorial Camp

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Council Grove to Allen; Distance = 17 Miles; People Met = 1 We knocked off the 17 miles today in about 5 ½ hours, a smoking pace.  We break after four miles of road walking now; back in Nevada we … Continue reading

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Day 180 – 11/20//11 – Council Grove

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Delavan to Council Grove; Distance = 14 Miles; People Met = 5+ After spending the first of several nights at White Memorial Camp, owned by the UCC, the morning was spent attending the service at the First Congregational Church in … Continue reading

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Days 178-179 – 11/18-19/11 – Mortician Connection

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Durham to Delavan; Distance = 37 Miles; People Met = 12+ We encountered another two days of very high winds.  We learned from Anita Wedel in Lyons (not related to Wendell Wedel in Durham) that Kansas meant people of the … Continue reading

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Days 176-177 – 11/16-17/11 – Rocky Raccoon

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McPherson to Durham; Distance = 33 Miles; People Met = 2; Raccoons Met = 1 The two days out of McPherson featured 20 mph winds.  On the first day the winds were from the north and there was a little … Continue reading

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Days 174-175 – 11/14-15/11 – Kansas Skies

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Photos now added Lyons to McPherson; Distance = 31; People Met = 8 A few days ago a proud Kansan was beaming about how beautiful the Kansas skies were but up until then the skies were either boringly cloudless or … Continue reading

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Day 173 – 11/13/11 – Wink Ministry

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People Met = 15+ All the new people met today were at the First Congregational Church in McPherson, where I gave a talk.  I knew that Pastor Connie Lunn wanted me to speak about the journey, but it was decided … Continue reading

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Days 171-172 – 11/11-12/11 – Lyons Lions

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Cheyenne Bottoms to Lyons; Distance = 29 Miles; People Met = 11+ The second day of this stretch was one I’ve been looking forward to for awhile.  Before our journey started the Lyons Lions Club was one of the most … Continue reading

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Day 170 – 11/10/11 – Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area

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Great Bend to Cheyenne Bottoms; Distance = 13 Miles; People Met = 7 The day got off to a rocky start, with some technical difficulties posting to the web.  Hiking is only half of what I do on this journey; … Continue reading

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Day 169 – 11/9/11 – Rain Makers

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Larned to Great Bend; Distance = 23 Miles; People Met = 10+ Got a problem with drought?  Just give Cindy and I a call.  Granted, a lower percentage of days have rained while we hike through Kansas, only 25% so … Continue reading

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Day 168 – 11/8/11 – Prairie Land Foods

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People Met = 3 I went to the Larned library to take care of some wifi business.  There I met Donna Stejskal, who happens to be in charge of Prairie Land Foods when she is not the Circulation Clerk at … Continue reading

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