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Shawnee Mission to Missouri Border; Distance = 6 Miles; People Met = 19+ The day started with a presentation to the Westwood View Elementary School. I had never thought to talk about kindness and community involvement to kids, but Gretchen … Continue reading
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Eudora to Shawnee Mission; Distance = 30 Miles; People Met = 9+ Photos at the End As we near the Missouri border the road walking becomes one part more forested and one part more suburban. We passed Edgerton Road shortly … Continue reading
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Lawrence to Eudora; Distance = 12 Miles; People Met = 2 The first part of the hike from Lawrence to Eudora was through the city of Lawrence, population over 100,000 and the campus of Kansas University. We stopped a student … Continue reading
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Woodson Road to Lawrence; Distance = 13 Miles; People Met = 3 Did you know that Kansas is where the Civil War started? If not, then you probably have not spent that much time in this state. We first heard … Continue reading
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Idaho Road to Woodson Road; Distance = 15 Miles; People Met = 10 Our pace has picked up recently, we slack pack roads at about 4 mph now, and as a consequence I overestimated the time for Ky to meet … Continue reading
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Allen to Ponoma Lake; Distance = 37 Miles; People Met = 3 I never knew until this journey what a confused bunch of birds geese are. I don’t question why some still fly north; I assume they are seeking a … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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
